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The file contains
information regarding the known networks which comprise the Internet. For
each network a single line should be present with the following information:
official network name network 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. This file is normally created from the
official network data base maintained at the Network Information Control
Center though local changes may be required to bring it up to date regarding
unofficial aliases and/or unknown networks. Network number may be specified
in the conventional ‘‘.’’ (dot) notation using the routine from the Internet
address manipulation library, Network names may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
The file resides in
A name server should be used instead
of a static file.
The file format appeared in
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