Re: man sections

[Tim]

Tim:
> > I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
> > things as section numbers.  And I see no difference in output between
> > "man 8 mount" or "man mount"  Granted I haven't gone the whole way
> > through, but I've already gone deep into them, and not seen anything.

Ed Greshko:
> But you do see a difference between
>
> man 8 mount    and
> man 2 mount
>
> Yes?

Yes, but probably not the difference you expect:

[tim@fluffy ~]$ man 2 mount
No manual entry for mount in section 2

Likewise with:

[tim@fluffy ~]$ man 1 mount
No manual entry for mount in section 1