PROTOCOLS(5) BSD Programmer's Manual PROTOCOLS(5) NNAAMMEE pprroottooccoollss - protocol name data base DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The pprroottooccoollss file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present with the following information: official protocol name protocol number aliases Items are separated by any number of blanks and/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. Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a field de- limiter, newline, or comment character. FFIILLEESS /etc/protocols The pprroottooccoollss file resides in _/_e_t_c. SSEEEE AALLSSOO getprotoent(3) BBUUGGSS A name server should be used instead of a static file. HHIISSTTOORRYY The pprroottooccoollss file format appeared in 4.2BSD. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 5, 1993 1