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.\"     @(#)phones.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd January 3, 2001
.Dt PHONES 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm phones
.Nd remote host phone number data base
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The file
.Pa /etc/phones
contains the system-wide
private phone numbers for the
.Xr tip 1
program.  This file is normally unreadable, and so may contain
privileged information.
.Pp
The format of the file is a series of lines containing whitespace
separate fields, of the form:
.Dl system-name phone-number
.Pp
The
.Em system-name
is one of those defined in the
.Xr remote 5
file.
.Pp
The
.Em phone-number
is constructed from any sequence of characters terminated only by a comma
.Pq Dq \&,
or the end of the line.
The equals
.Pq Dq \&=
and asterisk
.Pq Dq \&*
characters are
indicators to the auto call units to pause and wait for a second dial
tone (when going through an exchange).  The
.Dq \&=
' is required by the
.Tn DF02-AC
and the
.Dq \&*
is required by the
.Tn BIZCOMP
1030.
.Pp
Only one phone number per line is permitted.  However, if more than
one line in the file contains the same system name
.Xr tip 1
will attempt to dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/phones -compact
.It Pa /etc/phones
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tip 1 ,
.Xr remote 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .