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> When you say something like logrotate(8), is the 8 the directory in the man
> pages where it occurs? & if so, what determines this? It doesn't appear to
> be aalphabetical or anything.
>
> -Laktar, a.k.a. Nick Rosen, laktar.dyndns.org
It means you can type
man 8 logrotate
It is known as the manual section.
Section 1 is unix system commands;
Section 2 is kernel system calls in C
Section 3 is user subroutines in C
Section 4 is for devices
Section 5 is file formats
Section 6 is for games
Section 7 is misc
Section 8 is admin commands
There are other sections and I haven't kept up with them I notice
section n seems to be full of Tk stuff..
Some things require you to type the section number for instance;
man passwd
gets you the section 1 man page but;
man 5 passwd
gets you the /etc/passwd file format
'man -k something' helps to see what pages mention 'something'.
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