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.\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)L-dialcodes.5	6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH L-DIALCODES 5 ""
.UC 6
.SH NAME
L-dialcodes \- UUCP phone number index file 
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I L-dialcodes
file defines the mapping of strings from the phone number field of
.IR L.sys (5)
to actual phone numbers.
.PP
Each line in L-dialcodes has the form:
.PP
.nf
	alpha_string  phone_number
.fi
.PP
The two items can be separated by any number of blanks or tabs. Lines beginning
with a `#' character are comments.
.PP
A phone number in
.I L.sys
can be preceded by an arbitrary alphabetic character string; the string
is matched against the list of
.IR alpha_string s
in
.IR L-dialcodes .
If a match is found,
.I phone_number
is substituted for it. If no match is found, the string is discarded.
.PP
.I L-dialcodes
is commonly used either of two ways:
.TP 4
(1)
The alphabetic strings are used as prefixes to denote area codes, zones,
and other commonly used sequences. For example, if
.I L-dialcodes
included the following lines:
.PP
.nf
	chi	1312
.br
	mv	1415
.fi
.PP
In
.I L.sys
you could enter:
.PP
.nf
	chivax Any ACU 1200 chi5551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
.br
	mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mv5556001   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp

instead of

	chivax Any ACU 1200 13125551234  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
.br
	mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 14155556001  ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
.fi
.TP 4
(2)
All phone numbers are placed in
.IR L-dialcodes ,
one for each remote site.
.I L.sys
then refers to these by name. For example, if
.I L-dialcodes
contains the following lines:
.PP
.nf
	chivax	13125551234
.br
	mvpyr	14155556601
.fi
.PP
then
.I L.sys
could have:
.PP
.nf
	chivax Any ACU 1200 chivax  ogin:--ogin: nuucp
.br
	mvpyr  Any ACU 1200 mvpyr   ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
.fi
.PP
This scheme allows a site administrator to give users read access to the
table of phone numbers, while still protecting the login/password sequences
in
.IR L.sys .
.SH FILES
.nf
.ta \w'/usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L-dialcodes   'u
/usr/lib/uucp/L-dialcodes
/usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L-dialcodes	L-dialcodes example
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
uucp(1C), uux(1C), L.sys(5), uucico(8C).
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55331617 KM	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California.
	2	.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
	3	.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
	4	.\"
	5	.\" @(#)L-dialcodes.5 6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
	6	.\"
	7	.TH L-DIALCODES 5 ""
	8	.UC 6
	9	.SH NAME
	10	L-dialcodes \- UUCP phone number index file
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	The
	13	.I L-dialcodes
	14	file defines the mapping of strings from the phone number field of
	15	.IR L.sys (5)
	16	to actual phone numbers.
	17	.PP
	18	Each line in L-dialcodes has the form:
	19	.PP
	20	.nf
	21	alpha_string phone_number
	22	.fi
	23	.PP
	24	The two items can be separated by any number of blanks or tabs. Lines beginning
	25	with a `#' character are comments.
	26	.PP
	27	A phone number in
	28	.I L.sys
	29	can be preceded by an arbitrary alphabetic character string; the string
	30	is matched against the list of
	31	.IR alpha_string s
	32	in
	33	.IR L-dialcodes .
	34	If a match is found,
	35	.I phone_number
	36	is substituted for it. If no match is found, the string is discarded.
	37	.PP
	38	.I L-dialcodes
	39	is commonly used either of two ways:
	40	.TP 4
	41	(1)
	42	The alphabetic strings are used as prefixes to denote area codes, zones,
	43	and other commonly used sequences. For example, if
	44	.I L-dialcodes
	45	included the following lines:
	46	.PP
	47	.nf
	48	chi 1312
	49	.br
	50	mv 1415
	51	.fi
	52	.PP
	53	In
	54	.I L.sys
	55	you could enter:
	56	.PP
	57	.nf
	58	chivax Any ACU 1200 chi5551234 ogin:--ogin: nuucp
	59	.br
	60	mvpyr Any ACU 1200 mv5556001 ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
	61
	62	instead of
	63
	64	chivax Any ACU 1200 13125551234 ogin:--ogin: nuucp
65	.br
66	mvpyr Any ACU 1200 14155556001 ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
67	.fi
68	.TP 4
69	(2)
70	All phone numbers are placed in
71	.IR L-dialcodes ,
72	one for each remote site.
73	.I L.sys
74	then refers to these by name. For example, if
75	.I L-dialcodes
76	contains the following lines:
77	.PP
78	.nf
79	chivax 13125551234
80	.br
81	mvpyr 14155556601
82	.fi
83	.PP
84	then
85	.I L.sys
86	could have:
87	.PP
88	.nf
89	chivax Any ACU 1200 chivax ogin:--ogin: nuucp
90	.br
91	mvpyr Any ACU 1200 mvpyr ogin:--ogin: Uuucp
92	.fi
93	.PP
94	This scheme allows a site administrator to give users read access to the
95	table of phone numbers, while still protecting the login/password sequences
96	in
97	.IR L.sys .
98	.SH FILES
99	.nf
100	.ta \w'/usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L-dialcodes 'u
101	/usr/lib/uucp/L-dialcodes
102	/usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L-dialcodes L-dialcodes example
103	.fi
104	.SH SEE ALSO
105	uucp(1C), uux(1C), L.sys(5), uucico(8C).