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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:03:37 -0500
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: numbers in parens???
Message-ID:  <19991103160337.32492@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911032040530.70233-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from Jonathon McKitrick on Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 08:42:42PM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911032040530.70233-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Wednesday,  3 November 1999 at 20:42:42 +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.

It's the section of the manual.  Section 8 are system administration
tools.  I don't have a handy overview of the section numbers, but 'man
-a intro' will show you the into pages for each section.

Greg
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