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| author | Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr> | 2015-02-27 01:26:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-03-02 17:25:57 +0100 |
| commit | db6642bdb2aa29b356ea61857623bc72793c3870 (patch) | |
| tree | a0f22a642581e01c4ca79b98de4a7dddddf5b851 /man7/man-pages.7 | |
| parent | f8db29e89c3fa7ec1354c38871f77d755bc0965a (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-db6642bdb2aa29b356ea61857623bc72793c3870.tar.gz | |
man-pages.7: Improve description of sections in accordance with intro pages
Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/man-pages.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/man-pages.7 | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index 2b705c753e..0cd84daa2f 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -48,32 +48,34 @@ for authors writing man pages for other projects. .PP The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows: .TP 10 -.B 1 Commands (Programs) +.B 1 User commands (Programs) Those commands that can be executed by the user from within a shell. .TP .B 2 System calls -Those functions which must be performed by the kernel. +Those functions which wrap operations performed by the kernel. .TP .B 3 Library calls -Most of the +All library functions excluding the system call wrappers +(Most of the .I libc -functions. +functions). .TP .B 4 Special files (devices) Files found in -.IR /dev . +.I /dev +which allow to access to devices through the kernel. .TP -.B 5 File formats and conventions -The format for -.I /etc/passwd -and other human-readable files. +.B 5 File formats and configuration +Describes various human-readable file formats and configuration files. .TP .B 6 Games +Games and funny little programs available on the system. .TP .B 7 Overview, conventions, and miscellaneous -Overviews of various topics, conventions and protocols, -character set standards, and miscellaneous other things. +Overviews or descriptions of various topics, conventions and protocols, +character set standards, the standard filesystem layout, and miscellaneous +other things. .TP .B 8 System management commands Commands like |