NAME
protocols —
protocol name data
base
DESCRIPTION
The
protocols file contains information regarding the known
protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should
be present with the following information:
official protocol name
protocol number
aliases
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A hash
(“#”) indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the
end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter,
newline, or comment character.
FILES
- /etc/protocols
- The protocols file resides in
/etc.
SEE ALSO
getprotoent(3)
HISTORY
The
protocols file format appeared in
4.2BSD.
BUGS
A name server should be used instead of a static file.