Re: man sections

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On 23Dec2014 06:53, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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