Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:00:08 -0600 (CST) From: Alec Kloss <ajk@paw-in-eye.net> To: jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (Jonathon McKitrick) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: numbers in parens??? Message-ID: <199911032100.PAA18308@D2SI.COM> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911032040530.70233-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> from Jonathon McKitrick at "Nov 3, 1999 8:42:42 pm"
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Jonathon McKitrick said:
> What does ppp(8) mean? AT first i thought this meant ppp man page 8, but
> when i tried the man page, it said ppp(8) on page 1.
>
> -jonathon
>
It is the SECTION of the unix manual. As I recall, the common ones
are something like this.
(1) User Commands
(2) System Calls
(3) Library functions
(4) Kernel Interfaces
(5) File Formats
(8) System Manager Commands
Sometimes the same term is in two sections,
usually 2 and 8. chroot is one example. To see the man page for the
chroot system call (also referred to as chroot(2)), type
man chroot
or man 2 chroot.
To see the man page for the chroot executable, type
man 8 chroot
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