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diff --git a/share/man/man5/ethers.5 b/share/man/man5/ethers.5 index ed68dd7..54e104d 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/ethers.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/ethers.5 @@ -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 |
