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> When you say something like logrotate(8), is the 8 the directory in the man > pages where it occurs? & if so, what determines this? It doesn't appear to > be aalphabetical or anything. > > -Laktar, a.k.a. Nick Rosen, laktar.dyndns.org It means you can type man 8 logrotate It is known as the manual section. Section 1 is unix system commands; Section 2 is kernel system calls in C Section 3 is user subroutines in C Section 4 is for devices Section 5 is file formats Section 6 is for games Section 7 is misc Section 8 is admin commands There are other sections and I haven't kept up with them I notice section n seems to be full of Tk stuff.. Some things require you to type the section number for instance; man passwd gets you the section 1 man page but; man 5 passwd gets you the /etc/passwd file format 'man -k something' helps to see what pages mention 'something'. _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug