On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 07:11:45AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote: > On a related topic, since sem is not actually a device driver, it does > not seem appropriate that its man page belongs in section 4. Wouldn't > it be more correct for this man page to reside in section 7?
Maybe. But then there are options(4), rnd(4), cgd(4), etc. Maybe it is also a philosophical question whether named semaphores/queues/etc., which may or may not be visible in the file system, are /dev-like device drivers. - Jukka.
