This is a compilation of Linux manual pages,
converted to HTML. Permission is granted to copy,
distribute and/or modify this compilation of Linux
manual pages under the terms of the GNU Free
Documentation License, Version 1.2; with the Invariant
Sections being the license and copyright sections of
each individual manual page, no Front-Cover texts, and
no Back-Cover texts. A copy of the license is included
in the section entitled “GNU
Free Documentation License”.
Note that individual manual pages have different
authors and distribution terms. This notice applies to
this compilation of manual pages, as a whole.
Individual manual pages may be redistributed as per
their individual distribution terms.
Introduction
This compilation does not contain all manual pages on a
typical Linux installation. Linux manual pages come from
thousands of individual software packages, with each package
typically installing one or two pages, each. This compilation
includes core manual pages selected from the following
sources:
man-pages-2.57, Linux
core manual pages maintained by Michael Kerrisk.
In all cases, please grab (my GPG
key), and keep it handy.
Feedback
You should confirm the source of any errors in this
documentation, before reporting them. Linux manual pages
are a collective effort of thousands of individuals. In
most cases, this compilation does not correct errors that
are present in the original manual page text.
Before reporting any errors to me, <mrsam@courier-mta.com>, check if
the error exists is the same manual page in the
same version of the
original package. If not, the error is mine. I probably
introduced it when I converted the manual page from its
original troff source to HTML.
But if the error also exists in the original manual
page, notify the manual page's original author, unless a
newer version of the original package is available, and the
error is already fixed in the newer version. If the newer
version fixes the error, the fix will be included when I
prepare a new version of this manual page compilation.
Release notes
These manual pages were translated from their native
“troff” format
by a heuristic script. Some minor markup tags may be
wrong, here and there.
The mdoc(7) and mdoc.samples(7) manual
pages are not converted. They document the man page
native troff macro set, which is only of interest when
working with manual pages in their native form. These
pages exhibit every subtle nuance of troff formatting.
The conversion script that parses the manual pages is
not exactly a full-blown troff interpreter, and knows
just barely enough to understand the contents of
regular manual pages.
I'm pleased to announce that I am now maintaining the
man page section for The Linux Documentation Project,
including this HTML
compilation.
