Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 23:36:21 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: glb@Zeus.jersey.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: That little number in parens(*) Message-ID: <19971127233621.09645@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <199711280357.WAA27521@zeus.jersey.net>; from glb@Zeus.jersey.net on Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 10:57:30PM %2B0000 References: <199711280357.WAA27521@zeus.jersey.net>
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On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 10:57:30PM +0000, glb@Zeus.jersey.net wrote: > After reading a lot of docs, I still haven't found out what that > number in parens after command names and such is (ie. lpr(1)). > > What is the number? What does it refer to? > > thanx... > > > Gene It refers to the name's manual/documentation section. Note that some names, like mount, can be found in more than one section, thus mount(2) and mount(8) are two different beasts; the former being a C function, the latter being a command. man 2 mount man 8 mount -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.
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