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Old 22nd May 2008
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             Under FreeBSD 6.2, the following sections are defined:

                   1        FreeBSD General Commands Manual
                   2        FreeBSD System Calls Manual
                   3        FreeBSD Library Functions Manual
                   4        FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual
                   5        FreeBSD File Formats Manual
                   6        FreeBSD Games Manual
                   7        FreeBSD Miscellaneous Information Manual
                   8        FreeBSD System Manager's Manual
                   9        FreeBSD Kernel Developer's Manual
Sometimes a manpage occurs in two (or more?) sections, for example chmod(1) deals with the chmod command, while chmod(2) deals with the chmod() system call.
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