man sections

[Tim]

Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a thread...


On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Run the command:
>  
>   man 8 mount
>  
> and see the types available for "-t" option.
>  
> The "general" part of this advice is that: you're using the "mount"
> command, so read the "mount" manual entry!
>  
> ("mount" is an administrative command, so it is in section 8, not
> section 1.)

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.

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