Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:02:40 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: numbers in parens??? Message-ID: <19991103210240.I1108@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911032040530.70233-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911032040530.70233-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 08:42:42PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> 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.
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The number is the section of the manual; ppp(8) is in section 8.
Try ``man printf'' and you'll get the CLI version, but ``man 3
printf'' gets you the C library function.
> -jonathon
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