# HG changeset patch # User Oleksandr Gavenko # Date 1241936856 -10800 # Node ID 3bd7637e1f6856f539a9744d86f293cda2ca736e # Parent c065527d633271441689202bfc638dda016a72d0 Update doc about man. diff -r c065527d6332 -r 3bd7637e1f68 man.rst --- a/man.rst Thu May 07 23:01:37 2009 +0300 +++ b/man.rst Sun May 10 09:27:36 2009 +0300 @@ -1,5 +1,32 @@ -*- outline -*- +* Man sections. + + 1 Executable programs or shell commands. + 2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel). + 3 Library calls (functions within program libraries). + 4 Special files (usually found in /dev). + 5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd. + 6 Games. + 7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions). + 8 System administration commands (usually only for root). + +* Invoking man. + +** Search for prog, func, conf file. + + $ man [
] + +** Search by specific keywords. + + $ man -k + +** Throw Emacs. + + M-x man RET [
] + + M-x man RET -k SPACE + * Sections order. NAME - brief prog description