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