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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 23:36:21 -0500
From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To: glb@Zeus.jersey.net
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Subject: Re: That little number in parens(*)
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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?
> 
> thanx...
> 
> 
> Gene

It refers to the name's manual/documentation section. Note that some 
names, like mount, can be found in more than one section, thus mount(2) 
and mount(8) are two different beasts; the former being a C function, 
the latter being a command.
   man 2 mount
   man 8 mount
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.