Connecting Tech Pros Worldwide Forums | Help | Site Map
bytes > topic > unix > answers

what is signal(7) man page means

Member
  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: India, Kerala
Posts: 49
#1: Apr 7 '09
Hello Friends,

I came through the sentence "refer signal(7) man page". here for what the "7" stands for? when I type "man signal" the top of the man pages shows signal(2). so its mean a new version? please help?

Thanks,
John

micmast's Avatar
Familiar Sight
  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Belgium
Posts: 137
#2: Apr 7 '09

re: what is signal(7) man page means

there are multiple levels of manpages, to access man signal(7) you can do:
$> man 7 signal

What these levels represent I cannot recall
ambrnewlearner's Avatar
Expert
  
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: A city in my country ;)
Posts: 855
#3: Apr 7 '09

re: what is signal(7) man page means

Man Page Section Numbers

AmbrNewlearner
Member
  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: India, Kerala
Posts: 49
#4: Apr 18 '09

re: what is signal(7) man page means

Thanks for the information
Reply

Tags
signal(7)

« previous question | next question »

/bytes/development

/bytes/it

Forums
Visit our community forums for general discussions and latest on Bytes

Our staff and community areas have moved to bytes.com/forums/

/bytes/about

We are a network of experts and professionals in IT and software development that help one another with answers to tough questions and share insights. Get the best answers to your questions from over 226,471 network members.

dev questions:
algorithms | asp | asp.net | c/c++ | coldfusion | c# | flash | html/css | java | javascript |
mobile dev | .net | perl | php | python | ruby | software dev | vb.net | visual basic | xml
it questions:
access | apache | careers | db2 | iis | macosx | mysql | networking | oracle | postgresql | sql server | unix | windows

About Bytes | Copyright 1995-2009 BYTES. All rights Reserved