Expanding on Timothy's answer, it mean if there's a name conflict when doing "man <name>" (e.g. with chmod(1) and chmod(2)) you can get the specific section via "man 2 chmod".
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Timothy J Fontaine <[email protected]>wrote: > They correspond to manpage sections > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page#Manual_sections 2 is generally a > syscall, 3 is a library call > > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:54 AM, digital_thor <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've been reviewing the NodeJS File System >> page<http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html> and >> am confused about the parenthetic terms (2) and (3) next to many of the >> functions. For instance: >> >> - rename(2) >> - readdir(3) >> - unlink(2) >> >> Where is this nomenclature explained? Does this refer to a version of >> POSIX or ...? >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
