Manual Pages - Names and Descriptions
Section 7: Miscellany
Helios (Sat Nov 21 07:19:03 CST 2009)
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- AF_INET6([ipv6])
- - Linux IPv6 protocol implementation
- AF_LOCAL([unix])
- - Sockets for local interprocess communication
- AF_PACKET([packet])
- - packet interface on device level
- AF_UNIX([unix])
- - Sockets for local interprocess communication
- AF_X25([x25])
- - ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol interface
- alsactl_init(7)
- - alsa control management - initialization
- armscii-8(7)
- - Armenian Character Set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- arp(7)
- - Linux ARP kernel module
- ascii(7)
- - the ASCII character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- backend(7)
- - cups backend transmission interfaces
- backend-spec(7)
- - interface between jw and its backends
- boot(7)
- - scripts - General description of boot sequence
- bootparam(7)
- - Introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel
- C(operator)
- - C operator precedence and order of evaluation
- capabilities(7)
- - overview of Linux capabilities
- charsets(7)
- - programmer's view of character sets and internationalization
- complex(7)
- - basics of complex mathematics
- cp1251(7)
- - the CP 1251 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- cpuset(7)
- - confine processes to processor and memory node subsets
- credentials(7)
- - process identifiers
- ddp(7)
- - Linux AppleTalk protocol implementation
- des_modes([ssl-des_modes])
- - the variants of DES and other crypto algorithms of OpenSSL
- DeviceKit(7)
- - Device Management
- DeviceKit-power(7)
- - System-wide Power Management
- ditroff(7)
- - classical device independent roff
- drv(7)
- - cups driver interface for ppd compiler files
- environ(7)
- - user environment
- epoll(7)
- - I/O event notification facility
- feature_test_macros(7)
- - feature test macros
- fifo(7)
- - first-in first-out special file, named pipe
- filter(7)
- - cups file conversion filter interface
- frontend-spec(7)
- - interface between jw and its frontends
- futex(7)
- - Fast Userspace Locking
- ggz(7)
- - The GGZ Gaming Zone
- gibi([units])
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- giga([units])
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- gitcli(7)
- - git command line interface and conventions
- gitcore-tutorial(7)
- - A git core tutorial for developers
- gitcvs-migration(7)
- - git for CVS users
- gitdiffcore(7)
- - Tweaking diff output (June 2005)
- gitglossary(7)
- - A GIT Glossary
- gittutorial(7)
- - A tutorial introduction to git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)
- gittutorial-2(7)
- - A tutorial introduction to git: part two
- gitworkflows(7)
- - An overview of recommended workflows with git
- glob(7)
- - Globbing pathnames
- gnome-options(7)
- - Standard Command Line Options for GNOME 2 Programs
- gpm-types(7)
- - pointer types (mice, tablets, etc.) managed by gpm
- graphviz(7)
- - rich set of graph drawing tools
- groff(7)
- - a short reference for the GNU roff language
- groff_char(7)
- - groff glyph names
- groff_diff(7)
- - differences between GNU troff and classical troff
- groff_hdtbl(7)
- - groff `hdtbl' macros for generation of tables
- groff_man(7)
- - groff `man' macros to support generation of man pages
- groff_mdoc(7)
- - reference for groff's mdoc implementation
- groff_me(7)
- - troff macros for formatting papers
- groff_mm(7)
- - groff mm macros
- groff_mom(7)
- - groff `mom' macros
- groff_ms(7)
- - groff ms macros
- groff_trace(7)
- - groff macro package trace.tmac
- groff_www(7)
- - groff macros for authoring web pages
- hier(7)
- - Description of the file system hierarchy
- hostname(7)
- - hostname resolution description
- icmp(7)
- - Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module
- inotify(7)
- - monitoring file system events
- intro(7)
- - Introduction to overview, conventions, and miscellany section
- ip(7)
- - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation
- IPPROTO_ICMP([icmp])
- - Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module
- ipv6(7)
- - Linux IPv6 protocol implementation
- iso_8859-1(7)
- - the ISO 8859-1 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-10(7)
- - the ISO 8859-10 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-11(7)
- - the ISO 8859-11 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-13(7)
- - the ISO 8859-13 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-14(7)
- - the ISO 8859-14 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-15(7)
- - the ISO 8859-15 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-16(7)
- - the ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-2(7)
- - the ISO 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-3(7)
- - the ISO 8859-3 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-4(7)
- - the ISO 8859-4 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-5(7)
- - the ISO 8859-5 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-6(7)
- - the ISO 8859-6 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-7(7)
- - the ISO 8859-7 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-8(7)
- - the ISO 8859-8 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- iso_8859-9(7)
- - the ISO 8859-9 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- kdeoptions(7)
- - Common commandline options for all applications based on the KDE libraries
- kibi([units])
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- kilo([units])
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- koi8-r(7)
- - Russian Net Character Set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- koi8-u(7)
- - Ukrainian Net Character Set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
- libc(7)
- - Overview of standard C libraries on Linux
- locale(7)
- - Description of multi-language support
- mailaddr(7)
- - mail addressing description
- man(7)
- - macros to format man pages
- man-pages(7)
- - conventions for writing Linux man pages
- math_error(7)
- - detecting errors from mathematical functions
- mdoc(7)
- - quick reference guide for the -mdoc macro package
- mdoc.samples([mdoc])
- - tutorial sampler for writing
- mebi([units])
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- mega([units])
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- mq_overview(7)
- - Overview of POSIX message queues
- netdevice(7)
- - Low level access to Linux network devices
- netlink(7)
- - Communication between kernel and userspace (AF_NETLINK)
- NETLINK_ROUTE([rtnetlink])
- - Linux IPv4 routing socket
- notifier(7)
- - cups notification interface
- numa(7)
- - overview of Non-Uniform Memory Architecture
- packet(7)
- - packet interface on device level
- pcap-filter(7)
- - packet filter syntax
- pcap-linktype(7)
- - link-layer header types supported by libpcap
- pcilib(7)
- - a library for accessing PCI devices
- pipe(7)
- - overview of pipes and FIFOs
- posixoptions(7)
- - optional parts of the POSIX standard
- pthreads(7)
- - POSIX threads
- pty(7)
- - pseudo-terminal interfaces
- qtoptions(7)
- - Common commandline options for all applications based on the Qt toolkit
- raw(7)
- - Linux IPv4 raw sockets
- regex(7)
- - POSIX.2 regular expressions
- roff(7)
- - concepts and history of roff typesetting
- rtld-audit(7)
- - auditing API for the dynamic linker
- rtnetlink(7)
- - Linux IPv4 routing socket
- samba(7)
- - A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX
- sane(7)
- - Scanner Access Now Easy: API for accessing scanners
- sem_overview(7)
- - Overview of POSIX semaphores
- shm_overview(7)
- - Overview of POSIX shared memory
- signal(7)
- - overview of signals
- socket(7)
- - Linux socket interface
- SOCK_RAW([raw])
- - Linux IPv4 raw sockets
- spufs(7)
- - the SPU file system
- standards(7)
- - C and UNIX Standards
- suffixes(7)
- - list of file suffixes
- svipc(7)
- - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
- symlink(7)
- - symbolic link handling
- tcp(7)
- - TCP protocol
- term(7)
- - conventions for naming terminal types
- termio(7)
- - the System V terminal driver interface
- time(7)
- - overview of time and timers
- udev(7)
- - dynamic device management
- udp(7)
- - User Datagram Protocol for IPv4
- udplite(7)
- - Lightweight User Datagram Protocol
- Unicode([unicode])
- - the Universal Character Set
- units(7)
- - decimal and binary prefixes
- unix(7)
- - Sockets for local interprocess communication
- Unix/Linux(path)
- Linux path resolution [path_resolution] 7 Unix/Linux path resolution [path_resolution] / - find the file referred to by a filename
- uri(7)
- - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
- url([uri])
- - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
- urn([uri])
- - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
- UTF-8([utf-8])
- - an ASCII compatible multi-byte Unicode encoding
- X(7)
- - a portable, network-transparent window system
- X.Org([XProjectTeam])
- - X.Org Group information
- x25(7)
- - ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol interface
- XConsortium([Consortium])
- - X Consortium information
- XOrgFoundation(7)
- - X.Org Foundation information
- Xprint(7)
- - The X print service - a portable, network-transparent printing system based on the X11 protocol
- XProjectTeam(7)
- - X.Org Group information
- Xsecurity(7)
- - X display access control
- XStandards([Standards])
- - X Window System Standards and Specifications
- yasm_arch(7)
- - Yasm Supported Target Architectures
- yasm_dbgfmts(7)
- - Yasm Supported Debugging Formats
- yasm_objfmts(7)
- - Yasm Supported Object Formats
- yasm_parsers(7)
- - Yasm Supported Parsers (Assembler Syntaxes)
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2. System Calls
3. Library Functions
4. Special Files
5. File Formats
6. Games
8. Administration and Privileged Commands