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Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere |
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Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:21:14 +0000 |
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:54:38PM -0500, Larry Kollar wrote:
> Meg McRoberts wrote:
> >The big problem I have these days is the different section names
> >between Linux and UNIX systems. Sections 1, 2, and 3 are the same
> >for both but what is 1M on UNIX is 8 in Linux and I still have to
> >look up with 4, 5, and 7 are for Linux -- they are mixed up from what
> >they are on UNIX. I'm documenting products that run on both UNIX and
> >Linux and a single manpage could easily serve both platforms except
> >for the bloody section numbers. I can do common source for the two
> >but it's a bit of a chore and you have to do separate builds.
>
> Huh, I didn't realize that. I think the BSDs are very similar
> to Linux in section usage. Maybe it's SysV that went its own
> way?
Manual section numbers are indeed a classic SysV/BSD difference, yes.
--
Colin Watson address@hidden
- [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere, Larry Kollar, 2003/02/11
- Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere, Meg McRoberts, 2003/02/11
- Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere, Jorgen Grahn, 2003/02/12
- Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere, Meg McRoberts, 2003/02/12
- Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere, Larry Kollar, 2003/02/12
- Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere,
Colin Watson <=
- Re: [Groff] manpages, manpages everywhere, Meg McRoberts, 2003/02/19