Difference between revisions of "Manual"
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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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general commands (tools and utilities) | general commands (tools and utilities) | ||
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section 2 | section 2 | ||
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system calls and error numbers | system calls and error numbers | ||
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section 3 | section 3 | ||
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the C libraries | the C libraries | ||
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section 4 | section 4 | ||
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special files and hardware support | special files and hardware support | ||
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section 5 | section 5 | ||
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file formats | file formats | ||
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section 6 | section 6 | ||
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the games | the games | ||
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section 7 | section 7 | ||
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miscellaneous information pages | miscellaneous information pages | ||
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section 8 | section 8 | ||
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system maintenance and operation commands | system maintenance and operation commands | ||
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section 9 | section 9 | ||
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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 05:06, 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
