PHONES(5)                            BSD                             PHONES(5)



NAME
     phones - remote host phone number database

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/phones contains the system-wide private phone numbers for
     the tip(1C) program.  This file is normally unreadable, and so may
     contain privileged information.  The format of the file is a series of
     lines of the form: <system-name>[ \t]*<phone-number>.  The system name is
     one of those defined in the remote(5) file and the phone number is
     constructed from any sequence of characters terminated only by "," or the
     end of the line.  The "=" and "*" characters are indicators to the auto
     call units to pause and wait for a second dial tone (when going through
     an exchange).  The "=" is required by the DF02-AC and the "*" is required
     by the BIZCOMP 1030.

     Only one phone number per line is permitted.  However, if more than one
     line in the file contains the same system name tip(1C) will attempt to
     dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.

FILES
     /etc/phones

SEE ALSO
     tip(1C), remote(5).