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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:06:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com>
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Subject: docs/14563: Wrong manpage produced by `man 4 fd'
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>Number:         14563
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Wrong manpage produced by `man 4 fd'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Oct 27 17:10:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ronald F. Guilmette
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
E-Scrub Technologies, Inc.
>Environment:

>Description:

	Typing "man 4 fd" produces a man page talking generally about UNIX
	file descriptors.

	This is in conflict with the established convention that `man 4 foo'
	produces documentation for the `foo' device type (and its driver).

	`man 4 fd' should produce documentation relating to the `fd' (floppy
	disk) device type.  (See `man 4 fdc')

>How-To-Repeat:

	man 4 fd

>Fix:

	Use `man 4 fdc' instead.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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