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what does crypt(3) and whatnot mean
I'm talking about, e.g. in the git Manual pages, on the git(1) page,
See gittutorial(7) to get started,
or
git-add(1)
Add file contents to the index.
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Skilldrick
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@john: if http://superuser.com/questions/104060 is a duplicate of this, than this is a duplicate as well of http://superuser.com/questions/78493 – akira Feb 03 '10 at 06:26
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another duplicate: http://superuser.com/questions/102229/how-to-see-portage5-for-more-info-the-man-command-on-linux – quack quixote Feb 03 '10 at 08:07
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There are different sections of the man pages:
1 General commands 2 System calls 3 C library functions 4 Special files (usually devices, those found in /dev) and drivers 5 File formats and conventions 6 Games and screensavers 7 Miscellanea 8 System administration commands and daemons
git(1) would be explaining the usage of the command, gittutorial(7) would be miscellaneous information.
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That's great, thanks. With the help of your answer, I discovered the Wikipedia section on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page#Manual_sections – Skilldrick Feb 01 '10 at 17:30
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