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what is signal(7) man page means

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
Apr 7 '09 #1
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micmast
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there are multiple levels of manpages, to access man signal(7) you can do:
$> man 7 signal

What these levels represent I cannot recall
Apr 7 '09 #2
AmberJain
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Man Page Section Numbers

AmbrNewlearner
Apr 7 '09 #3
Thanks for the information
Apr 18 '09 #4
After installing man-pages on my Fedora 13, that ( " man 7 signal " ) did the job. Thank you.
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