Gavin Clark said at �[expert] man page question - unix history lesson�. [2000-10-03 09:42] > just wondering what the story is behind the different man folders: > > man1 > man2 > man8 > How would you put separate pages for the mount(2) system call and the mount(1) program usable from the shell ? There are some commands named just like the basic system call they use. So you just begin with one section for commands and other for system calls. And what about config files, such as fstab (I continue with the mount example...), that are not commands nor calls... If you follow that way, you'll end up with the full sectioning in actual man... And I supposse that the number order is somehow logic: first of all, we need manuals for commands (man1). Oh, I spent all the day developing the unix kernel and need a reference for system calls...(man2). Wouldn't be nice also a manual for libc calls ? Yes, you got man3...and so on.
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