From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 3 13: 3:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8011514BD8 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:02:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 6808 invoked from network); 3 Nov 1999 21:02:42 -0000 Received: from userab03.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.130.102) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 1999 21:02:42 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id VAA04781; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:02:41 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:02:40 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: numbers in parens??? Message-ID: <19991103210240.I1108@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > 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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message