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Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows:
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The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows:
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.TP 10
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.TP 10
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.B 1 Commands (Programs)
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.B 1 User commands (Programs)
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Those commands that can be executed by the user from within
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Those commands that can be executed by the user from within
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a shell.
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a shell.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B 2 System calls
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.B 2 System calls
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Those functions which must be performed by the kernel.
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Those functions which wrap operations performed by the kernel.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B 3 Library calls
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.B 3 Library calls
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Most of the
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All library functions excluding the system call wrappers
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(Most of the
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.I libc
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.I libc
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functions.
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functions).
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.TP
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.TP
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.B 4 Special files (devices)
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.B 4 Special files (devices)
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Files found in
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Files found in
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.IR /dev .
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.I /dev
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which allow to access to devices through the kernel.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B 5 File formats and conventions
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.B 5 File formats and configuration
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The format for
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Describes various human-readable file formats and configuration files.
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.I /etc/passwd
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and other human-readable files.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B 6 Games
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.B 6 Games
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Games and funny little programs available on the system.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B 7 Overview, conventions, and miscellaneous
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.B 7 Overview, conventions, and miscellaneous
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Overviews of various topics, conventions and protocols,
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Overviews or descriptions of various topics, conventions and protocols,
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character set standards, and miscellaneous other things.
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character set standards, the standard filesystem layout, and miscellaneous
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other things.
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.TP
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.B 8 System management commands
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.B 8 System management commands
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Commands like
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Commands like
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