man 2 command And you only need to specify the section if the topic is listed in multiple sections ie: write. FWIW: you could have read this in the "man" man page. ie: man man And you may find man -k (aka apropos) useful too. Good luck. In message <a7dcqm$rdn$1@main.gmane.org>, "morkil" writes: > I've used debian packages (they're in tar.gz format). >> -- > morkil >>>>>> -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Milton Calnek milton@calnek.com GCS d- s:+ a- C++$ ULH+++$ P+++ L+++ E--- W-- N o? K w O? M+ V- PS++ PE Y+ PGP->+ t+ !5 X+ R tv b+ DI++ !D G>++++ e++ h--- r+++ y+++ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/