On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 06:04:22PM +1000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> For future reference, the number argument to man represents the "volume"
> of the Unix manual. 5 is for sysadminy stuff, from memory.
from man(1):
The table below shows the section numbers of the manual
followed by the types of pages they contain.
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within system libraries)
4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Macro packages and conventions eg man(7), groff(7).
8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
you only ever use 1 (user commands), 5 (file formats) and 8 (sysadmin
commands), so only bother remembering them.
(and 2 and 3 if you're coding)
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- Gus
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