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41 .Nd service name data base
45 file contains information regarding
46 the known services available in the
48 For each service a single line should be present
49 with the following information:
50 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
57 Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.
58 The port number and protocol name are considered a single
61 separate the port and protocol (e.g. ``512/tcp'').
62 A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
63 a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
64 not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
66 Service names may contain any printable
67 character other than a field delimiter, newline,
72 map can be enabled by adding a single ``+'' on a line by itself
76 This causes the contents of the NIS services map to be inserted
77 at the location where the ``+'' appears.
79 .Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
91 file format appeared in
94 A name server should be used instead of a static file.