原文:
The table below shows the section numbers of the manual followed by the
types of pages they contain.
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conven-
tions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)
8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
下面是翻译,不过译很差劲……
1.可执行程序或 shell 命令
2.系统调用 (核心提供的函数)
3.程序库调用 (程序内置函数)
4.特别的文件 (通常在 /dev 中)
5.某些文件格式和约定,如 /etc/passwd
6.游戏
7.杂项 (包括宏包和约定),如 man(7), groff(7)
8.系统管理员命令 (通常仅供 root 使用的)
9.系统程序