From: Rik Faith Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce Subject: [Announce] Linux-specific man pages now available Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Date: 11 Oct 1993 20:55:07 GMT Organization: None Lines: 72 Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh) Message-ID: <29ch7b$s08@samba.oit.unc.edu> Reply-To: Rik Faith NNTP-Posting-Host: calypso.oit.unc.edu Keywords: LDP, Linux Documentation, man pages Originator: mdw@sunSITE [Why aren't there section 1 or section 8 man pages? Because those pages are released with the software which they are associated with. We decided not to attempt to round up and release sections 1 and 8 for this reason... the sections 1 and 8 man pages on your system should correspond to the software which you have installed. --mdw] The Linux Documentation Project proudly announces. . . man-pages-1.0.tar.gz - section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 man pages for Linux Here is a breakdown of what this distribution contains: Section 2 = system calls Section 3 = libc calls Section 4 = devices (e.g., hd, sd) Section 5 = file formats (e.g., /etc/wtmp, /etc/passwd) Section 7 = macro packages, etc. (e.g., nroff, ascii) Section 9 = internal kernel routines (for kernel hackers) Note that only Section 2 is really complete, but Section 3 contains several hundred man pages. I have included all completed man pages in this distribution to give people an idea of what is available. If you want to write some man pages, please join the linux-activists DOC channel. To install this distribution, do something like: cd /usr/man; gtar zxvvpf man-pages-1.0.tar.gz I would like to thank the following people (in alphabetical order by first name) who wrote, edited, or otherwise contributed to this project (forgive me if I forgot anyone): Alan Cox Dan Miner Darren Senn David Metcalfe Drew Eckhardt Ian Jackson Michael Haardt Thomas Koenig The LSM follows. Remember, the files are now in /pub/Linux/Incoming at sunsite and won't be moved at tsx-11 for a little while. Begin2 Title = Section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 man pages for Linux Version = 1.0 Desc1 = Man pages for Linux. Mostly section 2 is complete. Section Desc2 = 3 has over 200 man pages, but it still far from being finished. Author = Linux Documentation Project AuthorEmail = DOC channel Maintainer = Rik Faith MaintEmail = faith@cs.unc.edu Site1 = ftp.cs.unc.edu Path1 = /pub/faith/linux File1 = man-pages-1.0.tar.gz FileSize1 = 150k Site2 = sunsite.unc.edu Path2 = /pub/Linux/? Site3 = tsx-11.mit.edu Path3 = /pub/linux/docs/man CopyPolicy1 = GPL, Public Domain, or otherwise freely copyable Keywords = man pages Entered = Mon Oct 11 14:15:35 1993 EnteredBy = Rik Faith CheckedEmail = faith@cs.unc.edu End -- Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu