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authorSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-03 14:05:08 +0000
committerSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-03 14:05:08 +0000
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@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
The
.Nm ethers
database contains information regarding known 48-bit ethernet addresses
-of hosts on an Internetwork. The data is stored in a file called
+of hosts on an Internetwork.
+The data is stored in a file called
.Pa /etc/ethers
in the following format:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
@@ -48,8 +49,10 @@ in the following format:
.Ed
.Pp
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
-tab characters. A ``#'' at the start of a line indicates the
-beginning of a comment that extends to the end of the line. A ``+'' at
+tab characters.
+A ``#'' at the start of a line indicates the
+beginning of a comment that extends to the end of the line.
+A ``+'' at
the start of a line will cause the
.Xr ethers 3
library functions to use data stored in the
@@ -65,8 +68,10 @@ An ethernet address is expressed in
.Tn ASCII
form as "x:x:x:x:x:x" where
.Ar x
-is a hexadecimal value between 0x00 and 0xFF. The address values
-should be in network order. Hostnames specified in the
+is a hexadecimal value between 0x00 and 0xFF.
+The address values
+should be in network order.
+Hostnames specified in the
.Pa /etc/ethers
database should correspond to entries in the
.Xr hosts 5