\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.11 2013/03/15 19:32:31 njoly Exp $
\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4
\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
Dd December 10, 1991
Dt RPC 5
Os
Sh NAME
Nm rpc
Nd rpc program number data base
Sh SYNOPSIS
Pa /etc/rpc
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Nm
file is a local source containing user readable names that
can be used in place of RPC program numbers.
Pp
The
Nm
file has one line for each RPC program name.
The line has the following format:
Pp
Dl name-of-the-RPC-program      RPC-program-number      aliases
Pp
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters.
A hash
Pq Dq \&#
indicates the beginning of a comment;
characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted
by routines which search the file.
Sh FILES
Pa /etc/rpc
Sh EXAMPLES
Below is an example of an RPC data base:
Pp
Bd -literal
#
#       rpc
#
rpcbind         100000  portmap sunrpc portmapper
rusersd         100002  rusers
nfs             100003  nfsprog
mountd          100005  mount   showmount
walld           100008  rwall   shutdown
sprayd          100012  spray
llockmgr        100020
nlockmgr        100021
status          100024
bootparam       100026
keyserv         100029  keyserver
Ed
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr getrpcent 3