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.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.9 2009/03/11 13:51:47 joerg 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
.Fa /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 rpc 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
.Nm /etc/nsswitch.conf
.Sh EXAMPLES
Below is an example of an RPC database:
.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