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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)phones.5    6.2 (Berkeley) 5/16/86
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH PHONES 5 "May 16, 1986"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: phones \- remote host phone number data base
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: The file /etc/phones contains the system-wide
                     13: private phone numbers for the
                     14: .IR tip (1C)
                     15: program.  This file is normally unreadable, and so may contain
                     16: privileged information.  The format of the file is a series of lines
                     17: of the form: <system-name>[\ \et]*<phone-number>.  The system name is
                     18: one of those defined in the
                     19: .IR remote (5)
                     20: file and the phone number is constructed from any sequence of
                     21: characters terminated only by ``,'' or the end of the line.
                     22: The ``='' and ``*'' characters are
                     23: indicators to the auto call units to pause and wait for a second dial
                     24: tone (when going through an exchange).  The ``='' is required by the
                     25: DF02-AC and the ``*'' is required by the BIZCOMP 1030.
                     26: .PP
                     27: Only one phone number per line is permitted.  However, if more than
                     28: one line in the file contains the same system name
                     29: .IR tip (1C)
                     30: will attempt to dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.
                     31: .SH FILES
                     32: /etc/phones
                     33: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     34: tip(1C),
                     35: remote(5)

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