On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:12:22PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Chris G wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:45:58AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Chris G wrote: > > > > > > > When I do a "man -k <xxxx>" on my Fedora 7 system to search for > > > > documentation about something I get quite a few responses which have > > > > "(rpm)" as the manual section. These seem to be of little use becuase > > > > there isn't an actual corresponding man page as far as I can see. > > > > > > > > For example if I say "man -k doc" (not a very sensible idea given the > > > > amount of output it generates!) at the end of the list I see:- > > > > > > > > tiff2pdf (1) - convert a TIFF image to a PDF document ugetrlimit [undocumented] (2) - undocumented system calls > > > > xml2po (1) - program to create a PO-template file from a DocBook XML file and merge it back into a (translated) XML file > > > > xmlwf (1) - Determines if an XML document is well-formed > > > > xorg-x11-docs (rpm) - X.Org X11 documentation > > > > yelp (rpm) - A system documentation reader from the Gnome project > > > > > > > > Now "man tiff2pdf", "man xml2po" and "man xmlwf" produce some useful > > > > (?) output but "man xorg-x11-docs" and "man yelp" just say "No > > > > manual entry for <xxxx>". > > > > > > > > > > > > So what is the point of these (rpm) entries? Do they somehow > > > > indicate that there is some sort of documentation there, if so how > > > > do I get at it? > > > > > > $ man rpm yelp > > > > > No, that just returns the man page for rpm and after that says "No > > manual entry for yelp". > > > > The "section number" field to the rpm command only works if it's an > > integer. > > not always: > > $ man glob > $ man n glob > Wierd! :-) In that case I guess it must be that only single-character section 'numbers' are accepted. -- Chris Green
