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NAME
       networks - network name information

DESCRIPTION
       The   file  /etc/networks  is  a  plain  ASCII  file  that
       describes known DARPA  networks  and  symbolic  names  for
       these  networks.   Each  line represents a network and has
       the following structure:

              name number aliases ...

       where the fields are delimited by spaces or  tabs.   Empty
       lines  are  ignored.   If a line contains a hash mark (#),
       the hash mark and the  remaining  part  of  the  line  are
       ignored.

       The field descriptions are:


       name   The symbolic name for the network.

       number The official number for this network in dotted-dec-
              imal notation.  The trailing ".0" may be omitted.

       aliases
              Optional aliases for the network.


       This file is read by route  or  netstat  utilities.   Only
       Class  A,  B or C networks are supported, partitioned net-
       works (i.e. network/26 or network/28) are not supported by
       this facility.l

FILES
       /etc/networks
              The networks definition file.

SEE ALSO
       getnetbyaddr(r),  getnetbyname(e), getnetent(t), route(e),
       netstat(t)



GNU/Linux                   2001-12-22                NETWORKS(S)