Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 16:38:41 +1100 (EST) From: andrew@ugh.net.au To: george <vagner@ti.com> Cc: The FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what does it mean Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971105163741.9346A-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3460A9AB.B2F86504@ti.com>
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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, george wrote: > I sometimes see commands typed with a "(8)" next to them, such as > "rmuser (8)" > what does the (8) mean? It means the man page for that command is in section 8 of the manual. ie to gte its man page type man 8 rmuser. To find what each manual section is about type man <section number> intro Andrew
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