Solaris 7 Reference Manual AnswerBook

The Solaris 7 Reference Manual AnswerBook contains the Sun OS Reference Manual man pages. These sections are in SGML format.

man Pages(1): User Commands

This section describes the commands and utilities available with this operating system, including commands found only in the SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package; commands for communicating with other systems; commands associated with the Form and Menu Language Interpreter (FMLI); and commands specific to the SunOS system.

The available options, arguments, and operands for each command are provided in accordance with standard rules of command syntax, along with availability attributes, diagnostic information, and cross-references to other manual pages and reference material with relevant information.

The intended audience includes all UNIX system users.

man Pages(1M): System Administration Commands

This section describes the Solaris system administration and maintenance utilities and is for system and network administrators.

man Pages(2): System Calls

This section describes the system calls. A system call is a C library function that requests kernel services. Readers of this section should be familiar with C programming language constructs.

man Pages(3): Library Routines

This section describes the functions in the various C libraries. Those functions that request kernel services are not included in this section, but can be found in man pages (2). Readers of this section should be familiar with C programming language constructs.

man Pages(4): File Formats

This section outlines the formats of various files including the C structure declarations where applicable. The headers containing these structure declarations are generally found in the directories /usr/include or /usr/include/sys.

In the pages that outline the various library structures, both public and private interfaces are listed. A public interface provides a stable, committed set of symbols for application development; private interfaces are for internal use only, and may change at any time.

The intended audience for this section is software engineers.

man Pages(5): Headers, Tables and Macros

This section describes miscellaneous subjects, including headers, environments, macro packages, character sets, and standards. These descriptions provide further elaboration on Solaris constructs described elsewhere in this section.

man Pages(6): Demos

This section describes audio and video games and demos provided by Solaris software.

man Pages(7): Device and Network Interfaces

This section describes the various device and network interfaces available on the system. It includes descriptions of character and block devices, STREAMS modules, network protocols, file systems and ioctl ()requests for driver subsystems and classes.

The intended audience for this section is software engineers who write, maintain or modify device drivers.

man Pages(9): DDI and DKI Overview

This section describes the reference information required to write device drivers, which control data transferred to and received from peripheral devices, and are developed independently from the kernel.

The intended audience for this section are software engineers who write, modify or maintain device drivers. Readers should be familiar with the C programming language as well as system internals.

Man Pages(9E): DDI and DKI Driver Entry Points

This section describes entry-point routines a developer may use to provide calling and return syntax from the kernel to the device driver.

This section is intended for software engineers who write, modify or maintain device drivers. Readers should be familiar with the C programming language as well as system internals.

man Pages(9F): DDI and DKI Kernel Functions

This section describes functions a developer may use to provide calling and return syntax from a device driver to the kernel.

The intended audience for this section is software engineers who write, modify, or maintain device drivers. Readers should be familiar with the C programming language as well as system internals.

man Pages(9S): DDI and DKI Data Structures

This section describes the data structures used by drivers to share information between the kernel and device drivers.

This section is intended for software engineers who write, modify, or maintain device drivers. Readers should be familiar with the C programming language as well as system internals.