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+ | ; Section 3 : Library functions, especially for C and Tk | ||
+ | ; Section 4 : Special files and hardware support | ||
+ | ; Section 5 : File formats, especially configuration files | ||
+ | ; Section 6 : Games | ||
+ | ; Section 7 : Miscellaneous information pages | ||
+ | ; Section 8 : System maintenance and operation commands | ||
+ | ; Section 9 : Kernel internals | ||
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Revision as of 16:07, 9 October 2005
Most UNIX systems have online manual pages. The types of manpages have sections which they are grouped in. Here is the layout of BSD:
- Section 1
- General commands (tools and utilities)
- Section 2
- System calls and error numbers
- Section 3
- Library functions, especially for C and Tk
- Section 4
- Special files and hardware support
- Section 5
- File formats, especially configuration files
- Section 6
- Games
- Section 7
- Miscellaneous information pages
- Section 8
- System maintenance and operation commands
- Section 9
- Kernel internals
When someone tells you to run "man 6 tetris", that means that you should read the tetris manpage found in section 6 of the manpages. Sometimes the same manpage name exists, but in different sections. One example is the fstat manpage it exists in sections 1 and 2. The lower number sections take precedence over higher numbered sections. Thus, to see the manpage for fstat in section 2 you would type:
$ man 2 fstat