[W/K] :: Unix manual page

  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).
       
          http://www.foldoc.org/man.cgi).html">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)