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Unix manual page
     
         (Or "man page") A part of {Unix}'s
        extensive on-line documentation.  To read a manual page, type
     
        	man [-s
] at a shell prompt, e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1). Under {SunOS} (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers commands, 2 {system calls}, 3 C library routines, 4 devices and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and {demos}, 7 miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro". Manual pages are stored as {nroff} source files. Formatted versions are also usually cached. {Unix manual page}: man(1). {A Linux man gateway (http://www.foldoc.org/man.cgi)}. {A Solaris man gateway (http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/pdm/man.pl)}. (2000-03-13)
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