On Mar 12, 2011 11:03 AM, "Lisi" <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 12 March 2011 15:12:54 Camaleón wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:48:11 +0000, Lisi wrote:
> > > In an /etc/services file, why are some port/protocol entries inset more
> > > than others?
> >
> > (...)
> >
> > "man services" will give you additional information about the format of
> > that file. Both, spaces and tabs can be used as field separators.
> >
> > sm01@stt008:~$ grep -e sgi -e vbox /etc/services
> > sgi-cmsd 17001/udp # Cluster membership services daemon
> > sgi-crsd 17002/udp
> > sgi-gcd 17003/udp # SGI Group membership daemon
> > sgi-cad 17004/tcp # Cluster Admin daemon
> > vboxd 20012/tcp # voice box system
> > vboxd 20012/udp
> >
> > Beyond that, like in the above example, are just aesthetic issues, I'd say
> > (the first line uses two tabs instead three).
>
>
> Thanks, both of you. I can obviously stop worrying about it.
>
IIRC, iana maintains that list. There might be something on their web site about the formatting.