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PHONES(5)		  FreeBSD File Formats Manual		     PHONES(5)

NAME
     phones -- remote host phone number	data base

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/phones contains the system-wide private phone numbers for
     the tip(1)	program.  This file is normally	unreadable, and	so may contain
     privileged	information.  The format of the	file is	a series of lines of
     the form: <system-name>[ \t]*<phone-number>.  The system name is one of
     those defined in the remote(5) file and the phone number is constructed
     from any sequence of characters terminated	only by	``,'' or the end of
     the line.	The ``='' and ``*'' characters are indicators to the auto call
     units to pause and	wait for a second dial tone (when going	through	an ex-
     change).  The ``='' is required by	the DF02-AC and	the ``*'' is required
     by	the BIZCOMP 1030.

     Only one phone number per line is permitted.  However, if more than one
     line in the file contains the same	system name tip(1) will	attempt	to
     dial each one in turn, until it establishes a connection.

FILES
     /etc/phones

SEE ALSO
     tip(1), remote(5)

HISTORY
     The phones	file appeared in 4.2BSD.

FreeBSD	13.0			 June 5, 1993			  FreeBSD 13.0

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