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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: protocols.5,v 1.7 2000/03/19 19:25:32 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: protocols.5,v 1.8 2000/10/26 00:37:05 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: protocols.5,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:31:27 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm protocols
-.Nd protocol name data base
+.Nd protocol name database
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the
.Tn DARPA
Internet.
-For each protocol a single line should be present
+For each protocol, a single line should be present
with the following information:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
official protocol name
@@ -54,18 +54,15 @@ protocol number
aliases
.Ed
.Pp
-Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
-tab characters.
+Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters.
.Pp
A hash mark
.Pq Ql #
-indicates the beginning of
-a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are
-not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
+indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the
+end of the line are not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
.Pp
-Protocol names may contain any printable
-character other than a field delimiter, newline,
-or comment character.
+Protocol names may contain any printable character other than a
+field delimiter, newline, or comment character.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact
.It Pa /etc/protocols