About Solaris 8 Documentation

Man Page Documentation

The following table lists the sections of the Solaris 8 Reference Manual. To access these documents, use the man command, or refer to the Solaris 8 Reference Manual Collection on the Solaris 8 Documentation CD.

Table 3-6 Man Page Documentation

Solaris 8 Reference Manual Section and Content 

man pages section 1: User Commands

man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands

man pages section 2: System Calls

man pages section 3: Library Interfaces and Headers

man pages section 3: Basic Library Functions

man pages section 3: Networking Library Functions

man pages section 3: Threads and Realtime Library Functions

man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions

man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

man pages section 4: File Formats

man pages section 5: Standards, Environments, and Macros

man pages section 6: Demos

man pages section 7: Device and Network Interfaces

man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Overview

man pages section 9E: DDI and DKI Driver Entry Points

man pages section 9F: DDI and DKI Kernel Functions

man pages section 9S: DDI and DKI Data Structures