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L-DIALCODES(8)					   L-DIALCODES(8)

NAME
       L-dialcodes - UUCP phone number index file

DESCRIPTION
       The  L-dialcodes	 file defines the mapping of strings from
       the  phone  number  field  of  L.sys(5)	to  actual  phone
       numbers.

       Each line in L-dialcodes has the form:

	    alpha_string  phone_number

       The  two items can be separated by any number of blanks or
       tabs. Lines beginning with a `#' character are comments.

       A phone number in L.sys can be preceded	by  an	arbitrary
       alphabetic character string; the string is matched against
       the list of alpha_strings in L-dialcodes.  If a	match  is
       found,  phone_number is substituted for it. If no match is
       found, the string is discarded.

       L-dialcodes is commonly used either of two ways:

       (1) The alphabetic strings are used as prefixes to  denote
	   area	 codes, zones, and other commonly used sequences.
	   For example, if  L-dialcodes	 included  the	following
	   lines:

	    chi	 1312
	    mv	 1415

       In L.sys you could enter:

	    chivax Any ACU 1200 chi5551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
	    mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mv5556001   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       instead of

	    chivax Any ACU 1200 13125551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
	    mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 14155556001  ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

       (2) All	phone  numbers are placed in L-dialcodes, one for
	   each remote site.  L.sys then refers to these by name.
	   For	example,  if  L-dialcodes  contains the following
	   lines:

	    chivax    13125551234
	    mvpyr     14155556601

       then L.sys could have:

	    chivax Any ACU 1200 chivax	ogin:--ogin: nuucp
	    mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mvpyr	ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

UUCP								1

L-DIALCODES(8)					   L-DIALCODES(8)

       This scheme allows a site administrator to give users read
       access	to  the	 table	of  phone  numbers,  while  still
       protecting the login/password sequences in L.sys.

FILES
       /etc/uucp/L-dialcodes

SEE ALSO
       uucp(1), uux(1), L.sys(5), uucico(8)

UUCP								2

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