1 .TH ETHERS 5 "April 26th, 1996" "" "File formats"
2 .SH NAME \"{{{roff}}}\"{{{
3 ethers \- Ethernet address to IP number database
6 \fB/etc/ethers\fP contains 48 bit Ethernet addresses and their corresponding
7 IP numbers, one line for each IP number:
10 \fIEthernet-address\fP \fIIP-number\fP
13 The two items are separated by any number of SPACE and/or TAB char
14 acters. A \fB#\fP at the beginning of a line starts a comment
15 which extends to the end of the line. The \fIEthernet-address\fP is
17 .IR x : x : x : x : x : x ,
18 where \fIx\fP is a hexadecimal number between \fB0\fP and \fBff\fP
19 which represents one byte of the address, which is in network byte
20 order (big-endian). The \fIIP-number\fP may be a hostname which
21 can be resolved by DNS or a dot separated number.