On 02/27/2015 01:26 AM, saulery@xxxxxxx wrote: > From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@xxxxxxx> Thanks, Stéphane. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@xxxxxxx> > --- > man7/man-pages.7 | 24 +++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 > index ceead84..e17434e 100644 > --- a/man7/man-pages.7 > +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 > @@ -48,32 +48,34 @@ for authors writing man pages for other projects. > .PP > The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows: > .TP 10 > -.B 1 Commands (Programs) > +.B 1 User commands (Programs) > Those commands that can be executed by the user from within > a shell. > .TP > .B 2 System calls > -Those functions which must be performed by the kernel. > +Those functions which wrap operations performed by the kernel. > .TP > .B 3 Library calls > -Most of the > +All library functions excluding the system call wrappers > +(Most of the > .I libc > -functions. > +functions). > .TP > .B 4 Special files (devices) > Files found in > -.IR /dev . > +.I /dev > +which allow to access to devices through the kernel. > .TP > -.B 5 File formats and conventions > -The format for > -.I /etc/passwd > -and other human-readable files. > +.B 5 File formats and configuration > +Describes various human-readable file formats and configuration files. > .TP > .B 6 Games > +Games and funny little programs available on the system. > .TP > .B 7 Overview, conventions, and miscellaneous > -Overviews of various topics, conventions and protocols, > -character set standards, and miscellaneous other things. > +Overviews or descriptions of various topics, conventions and protocols, > +character set standards, the standard filesystem layout, and miscellaneous > +other things. > .TP > .B 8 System management commands > Commands like > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
