On 12/23/14 19:53, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
>> I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
>> things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
>> "man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the
whole way
>> through, but I've already gone deep into them, and not seen anything.
> But you do see a difference between
>
> man 8 mount and
> man 2 mount
>
> Yes?
>
I see the difference, but as usual with most man pages, you almost have
to know the syntacs you are looking for.. I always look for examples ,
and never find the one that applies to my situation. And I've looked at
man pages for 30 years..
FWIW, "man man" does tell one the purpose of each of the sections.
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