From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 22 15:39:22 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA26926 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:39:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from winky.reno.nv.us (winky.reno.nv.us [140.174.194.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA26921 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:39:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winky.reno.nv.us (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA27548; Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:38:47 -0800 Message-Id: <199512222338.PAA27548@winky.reno.nv.us> X-Authentication-Warning: winky.reno.nv.us: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: David Brockus cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man pages question In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 Dec 1995 16:12:18 GMT." Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:38:46 -0800 From: Eric Blood Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message you wri te: >When I try just hylafax it display only the (1) page. When I try >hylafax(5f)... man 5f hylafax Also, you might want do a "man man" to understand how man works. The synopsis (as follows): man [-adfhktw] [-m system] [-p string] [-M path] [-P pager] [-S list] [section] name ... says that a section (ie, 1 or 5f) is optional when specifying which man page to view. Taken from the man page, "If section is specified, man only looks in that section of the manual." In general, section 1 is commands, 2 is system calls, 3 is libraries, 4 is special files (devices), 5 is file formats, 6 is games, 7 is misc, and 8 is system adminstration. So, if you did a "man cd" you would get the man page on change directory. If you did "man 4 cd" you would get the man page on the cdrom device. Good luck. Eric Blood eblood@cs.unr.edu, http://www.cs.unr.edu/~eblood