Unix manual page

operating system (Or "man page") A part of Unix's

extensive on-line documentation. To read a manual page, type

man [-ssection] page

at a shell prompt, e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can

usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to

using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1).

Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers

commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices

and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7

miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an

introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro".

Manual pages are stored as nroff source files. Formatted

versions are also usually cached.

Unix manual page: man(1).

A Linux man gateway .

A Solaris man gateway.

(2000-03-13)