Manuals or other information for system users detailing software features and functionality.
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Is there any manual about C in Linux? If any, what is it?
While I find that we can read some manuals about Library calls (C library functions) & acsii in Linux. But I still do not find any manual about C precedence order so far.
So you can recommend ...
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“Fill columns before rows” option in unix column command
According to man column:
-x Fill columns before filling rows.
This option doesn't seem to do anything. Any idea how to use it?
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Where would I start looking for documentation on the graphical mode of the Linux console?
I'm writing my own display server as an educational exercise. Where in the Linux kernel tree would I look for documentation on the console's graphical mode?
Basically, as I understand it, Xorg takes ...
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Is the Unix Programmers Manual relevant for Linux?
I've been looking for an all around Linux Programmers manual but there isn't one... So that leads me to ask if the Unix Programmers Manual is relevant for Linux?
The manual is here: ...
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Is there html documentation finder/searcher, like info utility for info files?
Many packages have their documentation in html. Is there some sort of man or info utility to find locally installed html documentation and work with it?
I mean, I need a program which would ...
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Linux kernel API changes/additions
I'm trying to find a webpage or docs or XYZ that will allow me to see all the API changes/additions/removals between two kernel versions.
I found http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges, but I'm not ...
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Does `kill -p` really work?
In the man page of kill it is written as following
SYNOPSIS
kill [ -s signal | -p ] [ -a ] [ -- ] pid ...
kill -l [ signal ]
-p Specify that kill should only print the process id ...
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What does the `who` command result `root :0` mean?
The return value of command who will always include root :0 in X Window pts. I guess it actually means the GNOME login. Am I right?
Another question is where to get this knowledge, as I don't see it ...
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command --help vs man command [duplicate]
What is the difference between invoking the help using a --help key compared to invoking a "man command"?
When should I choose one over another.
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Where can I find some good documentation for bash printf?
man printf, info printf and printf --help are all pretty useless to me; I want an explanation of the FORMAT options. For example, I could use:
printf '%s\n' foo bar
and get output:
foo
bar
From ...
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ip function exit code
I use use ip by system("ip link set eth0 up") in a C program. I know that system returns -1 if it fails and returns what the called function returns(exit). E.g., if eth0 is not exist on the system, it ...
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Where can I find the user documentation for my old Freenas 0.7?
Every document links seem to have been replaced with the notice (to force me) to upgrade.
I know that I am supposed to upgrade but I would like to get hands on the old FreenNAS 0.7 Khasadar user ...
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Looking for /procfs documentation, describing values and units of measurement
Surprisingly, comprehensive documentation for /procfs is hard to find.
For my specific question, I am looking at: cat /proc/1/statm (let's use pid=1 because it seems to be always there). I just ran ...
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Reference documentation for cgroups (control groups) settings
I'm looking for some reference documentation to explain what each of the settings are, for each control group.
For example, there's cpuset.cpus, I think setting this to 0 means use all CPUs, setting ...
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User policy for a *nix system
I would like to create a document that specifies the policies that rule the use of a *nix system from the user perspective, something like TOS (Terms Of Service) / Privacy Policy you find these days ...
