Rocky McGaugh wrote: ...
example is "smbpasswd". smbpasswd is both a command, and a config/passwd file.
"man 8 smbpasswd" loads the man page for the command, while "man 5 smbpasswd" load the man page for the passwd file of the same name.
all this and more can be found with "man man"..:)
Long Live Man Pages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
exactly. It's usual to get the one of the two you don't want. ;-) again, "man man" tells that "man -a xxxx" will display *all* manpages. Helpful, if you have national language man pages installed. If you sort the MANPATH properly, german man pages come first. (if existent) I use an alias man="man -a" for this... Juergen -- =========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann juergen.braukmann@gmx.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb@db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/