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networks(4)			 File Formats			   networks(4)

NAME
       networks - network name database

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/inet/networks

       /etc/networks

DESCRIPTION
       The  networks  file is a local source of information regarding the net‐
       works which comprise the Internet. The networks	file can  be  used  in
       conjunction  with, or instead of, other networks sources, including the
       NIS maps	 networks.byname and  networks.byaddr and the NIS+ table  net‐
       works.  Programs	 use the getnetbyname(3SOCKET) routines to access this
       information.

       The network file has a single line for each network, with the following
       information:

       official-network-name network-number aliases

       Items  are  separated  by any number of	SPACE or TAB characters. A `#'
       indicates the beginning of a comment. Characters up to the end  of  the
       line  are  not interpreted by routines which search the file. This file
       is normally created from the official network  database	maintained  at
       the  Network Information Control Center (NIC), though local changes may
       be required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases	and/or
       unknown networks.

       Network numbers may be specified in the conventional dot (`.') notation
       using the inet_network routine from the Internet	 address  manipulation
       library,	 inet(7P).  Network  names may contain any printable character
       other than a field delimiter, NEWLINE, or comment character.

SEE ALSO
       getnetbyaddr(3SOCKET),	getnetbyname(3SOCKET),	 inet(3SOCKET),	  nss‐
       witch.conf(4), inet(7P)

NOTES
       The  official SVR4 name of the networks file is /etc/inet/networks. The
       symbolic link /etc/networks exists for BSD compatibility.

       The network number in networks database is the host address shifted  to
       the right by the number of 0 bits in the address mask. For example, for
       the address 24.132.47.86 that has a mask of fffffe00, its network  num‐
       ber is 803351.  This is obtained when the address is shifted right by 9
       bits. The address maps to 12.66.23. The trailing 0 bits should  not  be
       specified.  The network number here is different from that described in
       netmasks(4).  For  this	example,  the  entry  in  netmasks  would   be
       24.132.46.0     fffffe00.

SunOS 5.10			  17 Jan 2002			   networks(4)
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