PHONES(5)                 OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                PHONES(5)

NAME
     phones - remote host phone number database

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/phones file 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 indi-
     cators to the auto call units to pause and wait for a second dial tone
     (when going through an exchange).  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.

OpenBSD 2.9                      June 5, 1993                                1
