.TH NRPORTS 5 "2 August 1996" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
nrports \- NET/ROM port configuration file.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B Nrports
is an ASCII file that contains information about each of the NET/ROM
ports that are to be used. When dealing with an NET/ROM utility such as
.B call,
it takes an optional argument that is the port name. This port name is a
reference to the line within
.B nrports,
which has the same name. The information on each line contains
enough information to bind the command to a particular NET/ROM
interface, this binding is done by matching the callsign on the line in
.B nrports
with the callsign of the port set by
.B ifconfig.
.LP
The
.B nrports
file may contain comments that begin with a # in the first column, or a port
description in the following format, each field being delimited by white space:
.sp
.RS
name callsign alias paclen description
.RE
.sp
The field descriptions are:
.sp
.RS
.TP 14
.B name
this is the unique NET/ROM port identifier.
.TP 14
.B callsign
the callsign of the NET/ROM interface to bind to.
.TP 14
.B alias
this is the alias of the NET/ROM port.
.TP 14
.B paclen
is the default packet size for this interface.
.TP 14
.B description
a free format description of this interface, this field extends to the end
of the line. It may contain spaces.
.RE
.SH FILES
.LP
/etc/ax25/nrports
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR call (1),
.BR netrom (4),
.BR ifconfig (8),
.BR nrparms (8).