From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karel Zak Subject: Re: mount(8) manpage and filesystem-specific options Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:03:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20081126230329.GA4307@nb.net.home> References: <20081126041558.GA9251@infradead.org> <20081126105444.GO2961@nb.net.home> <20081126200526.GX3186@webber.adilger.int> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Christoph Hellwig , util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Andreas Dilger Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081126200526.GX3186-RIaA196FMs1uuQVovAj/GogTZbYi8/ss@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 01:05:26PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > I never know what man section to put a new man page in, because the > descriptions of the section numers isn't given in the man(1) man page > itself, nor in any document in SEE ALSO. Hmm... man-1.6f-4.fc9, "man man" (yes, man(1) man page): MANUAL SECTIONS The standard sections of the manual include: 1 User Commands 2 System Calls 3 C Library Functions 4 Devices and Special Files 5 File Formats and Conventions 6 Games et. Al. 7 Miscellanea 8 System Administration tools and Deamons Distributions customize the manual section to their specifics, which often include additional sections. -- Karel Zak -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html