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:

              name number aliases ...

       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 facility.

FILES

       /etc/networks
              The networks definition file.

SEE ALSO

       getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3), getnetent(3), netstat(8), route(8)

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