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30 .\" @(#)services.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
37 .Nd service name data base
41 file contains information regarding
42 the known services available in the
45 For each service a single line should be present
46 with the following information:
47 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
54 Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
56 The port number and protocol name are considered a single
60 is used to separate the port and protocol (e.g.
64 indicates the beginning of
65 a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
66 not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
68 Service names may contain any printable character other than a
69 field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
72 .Pa /var/db/services.db
73 needs to be updated with
75 after changes to the services file have been applied.
77 .Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
90 file format appeared in
93 A name server should be used instead of a static file.