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routes(4)
NAME
  routes - Specifies Internet routing information to the routing tables

SYNOPSIS
  /etc/routes

DESCRIPTION
  Static routes can be defined in the /etc/routes file.	 The /etc/routes file
  identifies static routes that are automatically added to the network
  routing tables with the /usr/sbin/route add command.	The
  /sbin/init.d/route script contains the /usr/sbin/route add command that is
  executed for each entry in the /etc/routes file when the network is
  restarted on the system or the system is rebooted.

  The general format of an entry in the /etc/routes file is:

       Dest Name1 Name2

  The following is a brief description of each element in an /etc/routes file
  entry:

  Dest
      A keyword that indicates whether the route is to a network or to a
      host. The two possible keywords are -net and -host.

  Name1
      The name or address of the destination network or host.  Name1 can be
      either a symbolic name (as used in the /etc/hosts or /etc/networks
      file) or an Internet address specified in dotted-decimal format.

  Name2
      The name or address of the gateway host to which messages should be
      forwarded.  Name2 can be either a symbolic name (as used in the
      /etc/hosts file) or an Internet address specified in dotted-decimal
      format.

EXAMPLES
   1.  To specify a route to a network through a gateway host with an entry
       in the /etc/routes file, enter:

	    -net net2 host4


       This example specifies a route to a network, net2, through the gateway
       host4.

   2.  To specify a route to a host through a gateway host with an entry in
       the /etc/routes file, enter:

	    -host host2 host4


       This example specifies a route to a host, host2, through the gateway
       host4.

   3.  To specify a route to a default gateway host with an entry in the
       /etc/routes file, enter:

	    default 130.9.0.5

       This example specifies a route to a default gateway with an Internet
       address of 130.9.0.5.

FILES
  /sbin/init.d/route
	    Contains the /usr/sbin/routed add command.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands: route(8)

  Daemons: gated(8), routed(8)

  Files: gated.conf(4)

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