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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:26:49 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.com>
To:        Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: manpage template
Message-ID:  <20000612142649.A17080@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006120708420.43277-100000@kashmir.telocity.com>; from otterr@telocity.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 07:12:14AM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006120708420.43277-100000@kashmir.telocity.com>

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 07:12:14AM +0000, Otter wrote:
> I see all the manpages are basically written in the same fashion.
> 
Except contributed manuals.

> Is there a HOWTO for writing one?
> 
See mdoc(7) and mdoc.samples(7).

> Specifically, what I'm looking for is a definition of the numbering
> on them.  Some say to read (1), maybe (4) or (8).  Where is there a
> list of each of these numbers functions?  I've yet to find one.
> 
On a shell prompt, type:

$ whatis intro


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