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authorJason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-04-03 06:54:59 +0000
committerJason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-04-03 06:54:59 +0000
commitf54f7a3442bbe4347e92173ee9d89a8d69094791 (patch)
tree733c62c1a6c4139d9c234ada98f6490bc8a830d1 /share/man/man5
parent369efafbd89574c86aaa30ff91319a0acae2da9a (diff)
BUGS section no longer applies, the new resolver implements network
lookups with DNS.
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/networks.514
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/networks.5 b/share/man/man5/networks.5
index 8e4ad008468..c74de35bbae 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/networks.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/networks.5
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: networks.5,v 1.2 1997/04/03 06:54:58 downsj Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: networks.5,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:31:23 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.Dd June 5, 1993
.Dt NETWORKS 5
-.Os BSD 4.2
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm networks
.Nd network name data base
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ from the Internet address manipulation library,
.Xr inet 3 .
Network names may contain any printable character other than a field
delimiter, newline, or comment character.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm networks
+file should be obsoleted by the network information faclities of the
+name server.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/networks -compact
.It Pa /etc/networks
@@ -80,9 +86,9 @@ file resides in
.Pa /etc .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr getnetent 3
-.Sh BUGS
-A name server should be used instead of a static file.
+.Xr getnetent 3 ,
+.Xr named 8 ,
+.Xr resolver 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm