man
Pagesman
(short for "manual") pages are the Unix/Linux way of documenting things.
This is a mirror of the ones that apply to file formats.
Section | Description |
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1 | User commands that may be started by everyone. |
2 | System calls, that is, functions provided by the kernel. |
3 | Subroutines, that is, library functions. |
4 | Devices, that is, special files in the /dev directory. |
5 | File format descriptions, e.g. /etc/passwd. |
6 | Games, self-explanatory. |
7 | Miscellaneous, e.g. macro packages, conventions. |
8 | System administration tools that only root can execute. |
9 | Another (Linux specific) place for kernel routine documentation. |
n | (Deprecated) New documentation, that may be moved to a more appropriate section. |
o | (Deprecated) Old documentation, that may be kept for a grace period. |
l | (Deprecated) Local documentation referring to this particular system. |
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