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The networks file contains information regarding the known networks which comprise the DARPA Internet. For each network, a single line should be present containing the following information:
<official network name> <network number> <aliases>
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A ``#'' at the beginning of a line indicates a comment; characters up to the end of that line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. This file is usually created from the official network data base maintained at the Network Information Control Center (NIC) , local changes may be required to bring it up to date for unofficial aliases and/or unknown networks.
Network numbers may be specified using the conventional dot (".") notation using the inet_network(3STDC) routine from the Internet address manipulation library, inet(3STDC). Network names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
/etc/networks
The networks file resides in /etc.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Interface Stability | Evolving |
A name server should be used instead of a static file.
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