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Michael Kerrisk d1a719857b locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash
Quoting Branden:

*roff escape sequences may sometimes look like C escapes, but that
is misleading.  *roff is in part a macro language and that means
recursive expansion to arbitrary depths.

You can get away with "\\" in a context where no macro expansion
is taking place, but try to spell a literal backslash this way in
the argument to a macro and you will likely be unhappy with
results.

Try viewing the attached file with "man -l".

"\e" is the preferred and portable way to get a portable "escape
literal" going back to CSTR #54, the original Bell Labs troff
paper.

groff(7) discusses the issue:

  \\     reduces to a single backslash; useful to delay its
         interpretation as escape character in copy mode.  For a
         printable backslash, use \e, or even better \[rs], to be
         independent from the current escape character.

As of groff 1.22.4, groff_man(7) does as well:

  \e     Widely used in man pages to represent a backslash output
         glyph.  It works reliably as long as the .ec request is
         not used, which should never happen in man pages, and it
         is slightly more portable than the more exact ‘\(rs’
         (“reverse solidus”) escape sequence.

People not concerned with portability to extremely old troffs should
probably just use \(rs (or \[rs]), as it means "the backslash
glyph", not "the glyph corresponding to whatever the current escape
character is".

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man1 locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash 2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man2 locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash 2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man3 locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash 2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man4 locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash 2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man5 locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash 2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man6 intro.6: wfix 2017-08-25 21:41:03 +02:00
man7 locale.1, memusage.1, pldd.1, _syscall.2, add_key.2, bind.2, bpf.2, chown.2, clone.2, copy_file_range.2, eventfd.2, execve.2, futex.2, getdents.2, getrlimit.2, ioctl_fat.2, ioctl_ns.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, keyctl.2, listxattr.2, lseek.2, membarrier.2, memfd_create.2, mmap.2, mprotect.2, msgop.2, open_by_handle_at.2, perf_event_open.2, pipe.2, readdir.2, readlink.2, readv.2, recvmmsg.2, request_key.2, sched_setaffinity.2, seccomp.2, select.2, select_tut.2, sendmmsg.2, setns.2, signalfd.2, spu_run.2, stat.2, sysctl.2, tee.2, timer_create.2, timerfd_create.2, truncate.2, uname.2, unshare.2, userfaultfd.2, ustat.2, wait.2, CPU_SET.3, __ppc_get_timebase.3, argz_add.3, asprintf.3, backtrace.3, basename.3, bswap.3, bzero.3, cacos.3, cacosh.3, catan.3, catanh.3, catgets.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, confstr.3, ctime.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dlinfo.3, duplocale.3, encrypt.3, end.3, endian.3, fgetws.3, fmemopen.3, fopencookie.3, fputws.3, frexp.3, ftw.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, get_phys_pages.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getdate.3, getgrouplist.3, getifaddrs.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getopt.3, getpass.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent_r.3, getsubopt.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_net_pton.3, inet_pton.3, insque.3, iswblank.3, iswspace.3, makecontext.3, mallinfo.3, malloc_hook.3, malloc_info.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mbrtowc.3, mbsnrtowcs.3, mbsrtowcs.3, mbstowcs.3, mbtowc.3, mcheck.3, memchr.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, newlocale.3, nl_langinfo.3, offsetof.3, perror.3, posix_spawn.3, printf.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_default_np.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_mutexattr_setrobust.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_sigmask.3, qsort.3, rand.3, readdir.3, regex.3, rpmatch.3, rtime.3, scanf.3, sem_wait.3, setaliasent.3, setbuf.3, stpcpy.3, stpncpy.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfromd.3, strftime.3, strlen.3, strnlen.3, strsep.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, termios.3, tsearch.3, wcpcpy.3, wcpncpy.3, wcrtomb.3, wcscat.3, wcscpy.3, wcslen.3, wcsncat.3, wcsncmp.3, wcsncpy.3, wcsnlen.3, wcsnrtombs.3, wcsrtombs.3, wcsstr.3, wcstok.3, wcstombs.3, wcwidth.3, wprintf.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, full.4, initrd.4, loop.4, vcs.4, charmap.5, core.5, elf.5, locale.5, proc.5, repertoiremap.5, sysfs.5, termcap.5, aio.7, bpf-helpers.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, complex.7, fanotify.7, feature_test_macros.7, inotify.7, locale.7, man-pages.7, man.7, pkeys.7, pthreads.7, rtld-audit.7, sock_diag.7, unix.7, user_namespaces.7, utf-8.7: Use '\e' rather than '\\' to get a backslash 2019-02-27 15:32:50 +01:00
man8 ld.so.8: Bump timestamp for David Newall's review of --preload text 2019-02-27 08:45:15 +01:00
scripts scripts: mark them executable 2018-05-31 21:34:32 +02:00
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resolv.conf.5           "
passwd.5                shadow, passwd
mailaddr.7              ?

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