SERVICES(5)              Series 300 Only              SERVICES(5)

     NAME
          services - service name data base

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
          Level:    HP-UX/NON-STANDARD

          Origin:   UCB

          Remarks:  Implemented on the Series 300 only.

     DESCRIPTION
          This file associates official service names and aliases with
          the  port  number  and  protocol the services use.  For each
          service a single line should be present with  the  following
          information:

               <official service  name>  <port  number/protocol  name>
               <aliases>

          Aliases are other names under which a service is also known.
          Libraries  like  getservbyname can be invoked with a service
          alias instead of the service official name.  For example:

               shell     514/tcp      cmd

          So, in this  example,  getservbyname  can  be  invoked  with
          ``cmd'', instead of ``shell''.

               sp = getservbyname("cmd", "tcp");

          instead of

               sp = getservbyname("shell", "tcp");

          Both will produce the same results.

          A line cannot start with a space.  Items  are  separated  by
          any number of blanks and/or tab characters.  The port number
          and protocol name are considered a single  item;  a  `/'  is
          used  to separate the port and protocol (e.g. "512/tcp").  A
          `#' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters  up  to
          the  end  of  the line are not interpreted by routines which
          search the file.

          Service names may contain any printable character other than
          a  white  space,  newline,  or  comment character.  Trailing
          blanks or tabs are allowed at the end of a line.

     EXAMPLES
          shell          514/tcp     cmd
          telnet         23/tcp
          login          513/tcp

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     SEE ALSO
          getservent(3N).

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