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Most UNIX systems have online manual pages. The types of manpages have sections which they are grouped in. Here is the layout of [[BSD]]: | Most UNIX systems have online manual pages. The types of manpages have sections which they are grouped in. Here is the layout of [[BSD]]: | ||
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section 1 | section 1 | ||
general commands (tools and utilities) | general commands (tools and utilities) | ||
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section 9 | section 9 | ||
kernel internals | kernel internals | ||
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When someone says to you "man 6 tetris" he means that you should read the tetris manpage in section 6 of the manpages. Sometimes the same name manpage exist but in different sections, one example is the fstat manpage it exists in sections 1 and 2. To see the manpage for fstat in section 2 you would type | When someone says to you "man 6 tetris" he means that you should read the tetris manpage in section 6 of the manpages. Sometimes the same name manpage exist but in different sections, one example is the fstat manpage it exists in sections 1 and 2. To see the manpage for fstat in section 2 you would type | ||
$ man 2 fstat | $ man 2 fstat | ||
Revision as of 05:05, 6 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 the C libraries section 4 special files and hardware support section 5 file formats section 6 the games section 7 miscellaneous information pages section 8 system maintenance and operation commands section 9 kernel internals
When someone says to you "man 6 tetris" he means that you should read the tetris manpage in section 6 of the manpages. Sometimes the same name manpage exist but in different sections, one example is the fstat manpage it exists in sections 1 and 2. To see the manpage for fstat in section 2 you would type
$ man 2 fstat
