phones(4)                                               phones(4)



NAME
     phones - remote host telephone number database

DESCRIPTION
     The  file  /etc/phones  contains  the  system-wide   private
     telephone  numbers  for  the  tip(1C) program.  This file is
     normally unreadable and 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(4)
     file  and  the  telephone  number  is  constructed  from any
     sequence of characters terminated only by a comma (,) or the
     end of the line.  The = and * characters are indicators that
     inform 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 telephone 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.

EXAMPLES
     As distributed, the file /etc/phones contains a dummy entry.
     This  should  be replaced by a line (or lines) in the format
     described earlier.  For example,

        plato     *5551234,
        hegel     *5551235,


FILES
     /etc/phones
SEE ALSO
     remote(4)

     tip(1C) in A/UX Command Reference















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