Simple question

[Michael Beattie]

On 7/6/05, Efren Bravo <efrenba at dhl.co.cu> wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> I'm reading a Pdf book downloaded from freeBSD.org called FreeBSD
> Handbook and there I always find this references:
> 
> sendmail(8)
> sshd(8)
> /etc/inetd.conf(5)  <-Which is the meaning of those numbers
> 
> Thanks
> 

The numbers refer to what "section" of the manual it is in.

Here's a list of what the sections are

Section The human readable name
   1    User commands that may be started by everyone.
   2    System calls, that is, functions provided by the kernel.
   3    Subroutines, that is, library functions.
   4    Devices, that is, special files in the /dev directory.
   5    File format descriptions, e.g. /etc/passwd.
   6    Games, self-explanatory.
   7    Miscellaneous, e.g. macro packages, conventions.
   8    System administration tools that only root can execute.