From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 27 20:27:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA18209 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:27:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA18204 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:27:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id OAA09286; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 14:57:31 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971128145731.27968@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 14:57:31 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: glb@Zeus.jersey.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: That little number in parens(*) References: <199711280357.WAA27521@zeus.jersey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199711280357.WAA27521@zeus.jersey.net>; from glb@Zeus.jersey.net on Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 10:57:30PM +0000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 10:57:30PM +0000, glb@Zeus.jersey.net wrote: > After reading a lot of docs, I still haven't found out what that > number in parens after command names and such is (ie. lpr(1)). > > What is the number? What does it refer to? It's the manual section number. From the second edition of "The Complete FreeBSD": The online manual is divided up into sections numbered: 1. User commands 2. System calls and error numbers 3. Functions in the C libraries 4. Device drivers 5. File formats 6. Games and other diversions 7. Miscellaneous information 8. System maintenance and operation commands 9. Kernel interface documentation Greg