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routes(4)							     routes(4)

NAME
       routes - Specifies Internet routing information to the routing tables

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/routes

DESCRIPTION
       Static  routes can be defined in the /etc/routes file.  The /etc/routes
       file identifies static routes that are automatically added to the  net‐
       work   routing  tables  with  the  /usr/sbin/route  add	command.   The
       /sbin/init.d/route script contains the /usr/sbin/route add command that
       is  executed for each entry in the /etc/routes file when the network is
       restarted on the system or the system is rebooted.

       The general format of an entry in the /etc/routes file is:  Dest	 Name1
       Name2

       The  following is a brief description of each element in an /etc/routes
       file entry: A keyword that indicates whether the route is to a  network
       or  to  a host. The two possible keywords are -net and -host.  The name
       or address of the destination network or host.  Name1 can be  either  a
       symbolic	 name  (as used in the /etc/hosts or /etc/networks file) or an
       Internet address specified  in  dotted-decimal  format.	 The  name  or
       address	of  the	 gateway  host	to which messages should be forwarded.
       Name2 can be either a symbolic name (as used in the /etc/hosts file) or
       an Internet address specified in dotted-decimal format.

       The routes file is a Context-Dependent Symbolic Link (CDSL) and must be
       maintained as such.  See the  System  Administration  manual  for  more
       information.

EXAMPLES
       To specify a route to a network through a gateway host with an entry in
       the /etc/routes file, enter:

       -net net2 host4

	      This example specifies a route to a network, net2,  through  the
	      gateway  host4.	To specify a route to a host through a gateway
	      host with an entry in the /etc/routes file, enter:

	      -host host2 host4

	      This example specifies a route to a  host,  host2,  through  the
	      gateway  host4.	To  specify  a route to a default gateway host
	      with an entry in the /etc/routes file, enter:

	      default 130.9.0.5

	      This example specifies a route to	 a  default  gateway  with  an
	      Internet address of 130.9.0.5.

FILES
       Contains the /usr/sbin/routed add command.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Commands: route(8)

       Daemons: gated(8), routed(8)

       Files: gated.conf(4)

       Network Administration: Connections delim off

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