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networks(5) File Formats Manual networks(5)
networks - network name information
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. The hash character (#) indicates the start of a
comment: this character, and the remaining characters up to the
end of the current line, are ignored by library functions that
process the file.
The field descriptions are:
name The symbolic name for the network. Network names can
contain any printable characters except white-space
characters or the comment character.
number The official number for this network in numbers-and-dots
notation (see inet(3)). The trailing ".0" (for the host
component of the network address) may be omitted.
aliases
Optional aliases for the network.
This file is read by the route(8) and netstat(8) utilities. Only
Class A, B, or C networks are supported, partitioned networks
(i.e., network/26 or network/28) are not supported by this file.
/etc/networks
The networks definition file.
getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3), getnetent(3), netstat(8),
route(8)
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Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 networks(5)
Pages that refer to this page: getnetent_r(3), inet(3), inet_net_pton(3)
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