cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 BUF_LOCK.9 BUF_LOCKFREE.9 BUF_LOCKINIT.9 BUF_REFCNT.9 BUF_TIMELOCK.9 BUF_UNLOCK.9 DELAY.9 DEVICE_ATTACH.9 DEVICE_DETACH.9 DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9 DEVICE_PROBE.9 DEVICE_SHUTDOWN.9 VOP_ACCESS.9 VOP_ACLCHECK.9 VOP_ADVLOCK.9 ...

juli mallett jmallett at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jun 28 23:43:58 GMT 2005


* Hiten Pandya <hmp at FreeBSD.org> [ Date: 2005-06-28 ]
	[ w.r.t. cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 BUF_LOCK.9 BUF_LOCKFREE.9 BUF_LOCKINIT.9 BUF_REFCNT.9 BUF_TIMELOCK.9 BUF_UNLOCK.9 DELAY.9 DEVICE_ATTACH.9 DEVICE_DETACH.9 DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9 DEVICE_PROBE.9 DEVIC
> hmp         2005-06-28 20:15:21 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Log:
>   Use 'manual page' instead of 'man page' for consistency.

A manual page is a page in the manual.  We identify by a name and
section number.  In the printed manual, many manpages would be more
than a single page.  An electronic manual page, called a "man page"
is what we refer to, and is not an actual page.  Referring to it as
a single page in the manual, even if you give a reasonable way to
index it, is pretty silly.

Really?

No, I just wanted to be grumpy like everyone else.
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