Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:04:06 +0300 From: Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Conventions for FreeBSD manual pages Message-ID: <01d230da-0f1e-4bcb-bcde-fa6c28fdc8b1@aetern.org> In-Reply-To: <921cc7c2d2ce7811c7df5dec04fb0e357fc354fd.camel@riseup.net> References: <3755196b-8803-ff72-364e-6b3b067f9702@gmail.com> <c9284898-d06a-a629-e324-1bb25178a6dd@aetern.org> <921cc7c2d2ce7811c7df5dec04fb0e357fc354fd.camel@riseup.net>
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Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2022-04-20 at 11:04 +0300, Yuri wrote: >> I don't see a question here > > On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:46:54 +0100, Graham Perrin wrote: >> Please: does FreeBSD have anything like the Linux manual page for >> conventions? > > Linux provides several entries related to man pages, FreeBSD does > provide several entries, too, > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=man&apropos=1&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+13.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html > : > > man(1) > display online manual documentation pages > man(7) > legacy formatting language for manual pages > man.conf(5) > man(1) and manpath(1) configuration files > manctl(8) > manipulating manual pages > mandoc(1) > format manual pages > mandoc_char(7) > mandoc special characters > manpath(1) > display search path for manual pages > > The OP is missing a description of a man page's structure as given by > the Linux "man man-pages". However, the manual sections are provided by > FreeBSD's "man man", too. > You have taken my answer out of context.
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