From: sales@gpz.fi
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Man page sections
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 11:10:36 GMT
Message-ID: <39A10E3D.D9E2CDB1@gpz.fi> (raw)
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008201119170.487-100000@localhost.localdomain>
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> The Hermit Hacker writes:
>
> > isn't there a doc on what each section is "meant for"? for instance,
> > section 3 is generally where you find language man pages (ie. getopt(),
> > printf()) ...
>
> 1 - User commands
> 2 - System calls
> 3 - C library functions
> 4 - Devices
> 5 - File formats
> 6 - Games
> 7 - Miscellaneous
> 8 - System administration commands
This is for BSD, in SysV 7 is for devices.
l is usually for local and n for new.
(UNIX System Administration Handbook. 2nd ed., E. Nemeth et al.)
> Doesn't make sense to me either...
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut Sernanders vÄg 10:115
> peter_e@gmx.net 75262 Uppsala
> http://yi.org/peter-e/ Sweden
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Vladimir Tchoukharev
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