Or try "man a select" to get the man page for every version of "select" that
the system knows about
Mike
-Original Message-
From: flupke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 31 August 2000 07:52
To: Mark Johnson
Cc: LinuxNewbie (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [newbie] "man
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Mark Johnson wrote:
> I'm trying to find the man page on the C api "select()" but instead it's
> pulling up the man page for the shell keyword "select". How to I find the
> correct man page?
Try "man 2 select" (to select man pages from the 2nd category)
or "man man"... ;-)
