On 23Dec2014 06:53, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright(a)gmail.com> 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..
You're aware of "man -k"?
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au>
Nope. First, you need to learn how to use vi, the editor from hell
(vi vi vi -- the number of the beast), ...
- Dan Sorenson, DoD#1066, <z1dan(a)exnet.iastate.edu>