PHONES(5) File Formats and Configurations PHONES(5)
NAME
phones - remote host phone number database
SYNOPSIS
/etc/phonesDESCRIPTION
The file
/etc/phones contains the system-wide private phone numbers
for the
tip(1) program.
/etc/phones is normally unreadable, and so
may contain privileged information. The format of
/etc/phones is a
series of lines of the form:
<system-name>[ \t]*<phone-number>. The system name is one of those defined in the
remote(5) file and the
phone number is constructed from
[0123456789-=*%]. The `
=' and `
*'
characters are indicators to the auto call units to pause and wait
for a second dial tone (when going through an exchange). The `
=' is
required by the
DF02-AC and the `
*' is required by the
BIZCOMP 1030.
Comment lines are lines containing a `
#' sign in the first column of
the line.
Only one phone number per line is permitted. However, if more than
one line in the file contains the same system name
tip(1) will
attempt to dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.
FILES
/etc/phonesSEE ALSO
tip(1),
remote(5) January 14, 1992 PHONES(5)
