| 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. |
| /etc/networks | The networks definition file. |
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:
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.
FILES
- /etc/networks
The networks definition file.
SEE ALSO
getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3), getnetent(3), netstat(8), route(8)