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Subject: Re: Question!
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970527102121.00964af0@visigenic.com> from Tim Oneil at "May 27, 97 10:21:21 am"
To: toneil@visigenic.com (Tim Oneil)
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 13:16:08 -0500 (CDT)
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Tim Oneil is responsible for:
> Zahemszky wrote:
> >Try mtree(8), with the files in /etc/mtree.
> 
> Heres a stupid, non-mission critical question
> if you don't mind: what exactly does the number
> in parens following a command mean? Version, something
> like that?
> 
> -Tim

The number refers to the section of the UNIX manual.  Section 8 is for
system administration, section 1 is for user comamnds, etc.  You use
the section number to differentiate between two commands with the same
name--for example, try
        man chmod
        man 1 chmod
        man 2 chmod
The first two give you the same page but the third gives you a
completely different page.  That's all.