Re: man sections

[Paul Cartwright]

On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
> > 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.
>
> But you do see a difference between
>
> man 8 mount    and
> man 2 mount
>
> Yes?

I see the difference, but as usual with most man pages, you almost have
to know the syntacs you are looking for.. I always look for examples ,
and never find the one that applies to my situation. And I've looked at
man pages for 30 years..