On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 08:54:04AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 23Dec2014 18:20, Tim wrote:
> >Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a thread...
> >
> >On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >>Run the command:
> >> man 8 mount
> >>and see the types
On 24Dec2014 06:50, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 12/23/2014 05:19 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
and just for grins, try
man awk... 2032 lines... and the example shows:
You're complaining that awk has documentation?
oh no! that just means there are lots of options, arguements.
complex command:)
On 12/23/2014 05:19 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
>> and just for grins, try
>> man awk... 2032 lines... and the example shows:
>
> You're complaining that awk has documentation?
oh no! that just means there are lots of options, arguements.
complex command:)
>
>> EXAMPLES
>> Print and sort
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 09:20:13AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 23Dec2014 06:53, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> >On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
> >>>I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
> >>>things as section numbers.
On 23Dec2014 06:53, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
"man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted
On 23Dec2014 08:52, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 12/23/2014 08:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
FWIW, "man man" does tell one the purpose of each of the sections.
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions
On 23Dec2014 18:20, Tim wrote:
Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a thread...
On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Run the command:
man 8 mount
and see the types available for "-t" option.
The "general" part of this advice is that: you're using t
On 12/23/2014 10:10 AM, Bill Oliver wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>
>> On 12/23/2014 08:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> FWIW, "man man" does tell one the purpose of each of the sections.
>> 1 Executable programs or shell commands
>> 2 System calls (functions pr
On 23.12.2014 08:50, Tim wrote:
> Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a thread...
>
>
> On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> Run the command:
>>
>> man 8 mount
>>
>> and see the types available for "-t" option.
>>
>> The "general" part of thi
On Tue, 23 Dec 2014, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 12/23/2014 08:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
FWIW, "man man" does tell one the purpose of each of the sections.
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (function
On 12/23/14 21:57, Andrew R Paterson wrote:
> Try man 1 intro
> man 2 intro
> man 3 intro
>
> man 7 intro
> man 8 intro
And, when in doubt, one can always resort to
man -k groff
And you'll know what sections are utilized as well as suggestions for related
topics.
Besides, more often
Try man 1 intro
man 2 intro
man 3 intro
man 7 intro
man 8 intro
Regards
Andy
On Tuesday 23 December 2014 08:52:42 Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 12/23/2014 08:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > FWIW, "man man" does tell one the purpose of each of the sections.
>
>1 Executable programs or s
On 12/23/2014 08:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> FWIW, "man man" does tell one the purpose of each of the sections.
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Spec
On 12/23/14 19:53, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
>>> I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
>>> things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
>>> "man 8 mount" or "man mount
On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
>> I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
>> things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
>> "man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the whole way
>> throu
On 12/23/14 16:30, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
>>> I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
>>> things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
>>> "man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the whole way
>>> through, but I've already gone deep in
Tim:
>> I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
>> things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
>> "man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the whole way
>> through, but I've already gone deep into them, and not seen anything.
Ed
On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
> I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
> things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
> "man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the whole way
> through, but I've already gone deep into them, and no
Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a thread...
On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Run the command:
>
> man 8 mount
>
> and see the types available for "-t" option.
>
> The "general" part of this advice is that: you're using the "mount"
> co
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