Re: man sections

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On 23Dec2014 18:20, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a thread...

On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Run the command:
  man 8 mount
and see the types available for "-t" option.

The "general" part of this advice is that: you're using the "mount"
command, so read the "mount" manual entry!

("mount" is an administrative command, so it is in section 8, not
section 1.)

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.

Well, "man 2 mount" details the OS system call, very different in usage from the command line.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>

If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.    - Henry Spencer
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