Finding Man Pages

Solaris 10 man pages are provided on the Solaris 10 Documentation DVD and online at http://docs.sun.com/. Both sites include the following man page sections from the Solaris 10 Reference Manual Collection:

• man pages section 1: User Commands

• man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands

• man pages section 2: System Calls

• man pages section 3: Basic Library Functions

• man pages section 3: Networking Library Functions

• man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

• man pages section 3: Realtime Library Functions

• man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions

• man pages section 3: Library Interfaces and Headers

• man pages section 3: Multimedia 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 Driver Entry Points

• man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Kernel Functions

• man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Properties and Data Structures

In addition, individual man pages can be displayed at the command line by performing the following steps.

Displaying Man Pages Online

Steps

1. Optional: At the command line, type man man.

   For users who are not familiar with man pages, this optional step provides an introduction.

   The man(1) page is displayed. This man page provides the following information:

   • Location of man pages

   • Man command options

   • Manual page organization

   • Man page search path

   • Additional references

2. At the command line, type man name.

   The man page is displayed for the interface and its options.