networks - network name information
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.
- /etc/networks
- The networks definition file.
getnetbyaddr(3),
getnetbyname(3),
getnetent(3),
netstat(8),
route(8)