man7 - Miscellaneous info & conventions

INTRO(7) Linux Programmer's Manual INTRO(7)

intro - introduction to overview and miscellany section

Section 7 of the manual provides overviews on various topics, and describes conventions and protocols, character set standards, the standard filesystem layout, and miscellaneous other things.

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standards(7)

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2007-10-23 Linux

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manAIO(7) aio manARMSCII-8(7) armscii-8 manARP(7) arp manASCII(7) ascii manATTRIBUTES(7) attributes manBOOT(7) boot manBOOTPARAM(7) bootparam manCAPABILITIES(7) capabilities manCGROUP_NAMESPACES(7) cgroup_namespaces manCGROUPS(7) cgroups manCHARSETS(7) charsets manCOMPLEX(7) complex manCP1251(7) cp1251 manCP1252(7) cp1252 manCPUSET(7) cpuset manCREDENTIALS(7) credentials manDDP(7) ddp manENVIRON(7) environ manEPOLL(7) epoll manFANOTIFY(7) fanotify manFEATURE_TEST_MACROS(7) feature_test_macros manFIFO(7) fifo manFUTEX(7) futex manLIBC(7) glibc manGLOB(7) glob manHIER(7) hier manHOSTNAME(7) hostname manICMP(7) icmp manINODE(7) inode manINOTIFY(7) inotify manINTRO(7) intro manIP(7) ip manIPV6(7) ipv6 manISO_8859-1(7) iso-8859-1 manISO_8859-10(7) iso-8859-10 manISO_8859-11(7) iso-8859-11 manISO_8859-13(7) iso-8859-13 manISO_8859-14(7) iso-8859-14 manISO_8859-15(7) iso-8859-15 manISO_8859-16(7) iso-8859-16 manISO_8859-2(7) iso-8859-2 manISO_8859-3(7) iso-8859-3 manISO_8859-4(7) iso-8859-4 manISO_8859-5(7) iso-8859-5 manISO_8859-6(7) iso-8859-6 manISO_8859-7(7) iso-8859-7 manISO_8859-8(7) iso-8859-8 manISO_8859-9(7) iso-8859-9 manISO_8859-1(7) iso_8859-1 manISO_8859-10(7) iso_8859-10 manISO_8859-11(7) iso_8859-11 manISO_8859-13(7) iso_8859-13 manISO_8859-14(7) iso_8859-14 manISO_8859-15(7) iso_8859-15 manISO_8859-16(7) iso_8859-16 manISO_8859-2(7) iso_8859-2 manISO_8859-3(7) iso_8859-3 manISO_8859-4(7) iso_8859-4 manISO_8859-5(7) iso_8859-5 manISO_8859-6(7) iso_8859-6 manISO_8859-7(7) iso_8859-7 manISO_8859-8(7) iso_8859-8 manISO_8859-9(7) iso_8859-9 manISO_8859-1(7) iso_8859_1 manISO_8859-10(7) iso_8859_10 manISO_8859-11(7) iso_8859_11 manISO_8859-13(7) iso_8859_13 manISO_8859-14(7) iso_8859_14 manISO_8859-15(7) iso_8859_15 manISO_8859-16(7) iso_8859_16 manISO_8859-2(7) iso_8859_2 manISO_8859-3(7) iso_8859_3 manISO_8859-4(7) iso_8859_4 manISO_8859-5(7) iso_8859_5 manISO_8859-6(7) iso_8859_6 manISO_8859-7(7) iso_8859_7 manISO_8859-8(7) iso_8859_8 manISO_8859-9(7) iso_8859_9 manKEYRINGS(7) keyrings manKOI8-R(7) koi8-r manKOI8-U(7) koi8-u manISO_8859-1(7) latin1 manISO_8859-16(7) latin10 manISO_8859-2(7) latin2 manISO_8859-3(7) latin3 manISO_8859-4(7) latin4 manISO_8859-9(7) latin5 manISO_8859-10(7) latin6 manISO_8859-13(7) latin7 manISO_8859-14(7) latin8 manISO_8859-15(7) latin9 manLIBC(7) libc manLOCALE(7) locale manMAILADDR(7) mailaddr manMAN(7) man manMAN-PAGES(7) man-pages manMATH_ERROR(7) math_error manMDOC(7) mdoc manMDOC.SAMPLES(7) mdoc.samples manMOUNT_NAMESPACES(7) mount_namespaces manMQ_OVERVIEW(7) mq_overview manNAMESPACES(7) namespaces manNETDEVICE(7) netdevice manNETLINK(7) netlink manNPTL(7) nptl manNUMA(7) numa manOPERATOR(7) operator manPACKET(7) packet manPATH_RESOLUTION(7) path_resolution manPERSISTENT-KEYRING(7) persistent-keyring manPID_NAMESPACES(7) pid_namespaces manPIPE(7) pipe manPKEYS(7) pkeys manPOSIXOPTIONS(7) posixoptions manPROCESS-KEYRING(7) process-keyring manPTHREADS(7) pthreads manPTY(7) pty manRANDOM(7) random manRAW(7) raw manREGEX(7) regex manRTLD-AUDIT(7) rtld-audit manRTNETLINK(7) rtnetlink manSCHED(7) sched manSEM_OVERVIEW(7) sem_overview manSESSION-KEYRING(7) session-keyring manSHM_OVERVIEW(7) shm_overview manSIGEVENT(7) sigevent manSIGNAL(7) signal manSIGNAL-SAFETY(7) signal-safety manSOCK_DIAG(7) sock_diag manSOCKET(7) socket manSPUFS(7) spufs manSTANDARDS(7) standards manSUFFIXES(7) suffixes manSVIPC(7) svipc manSYMLINK(7) symlink manTCP(7) tcp manTERMIO(7) termio manTHREAD-KEYRING(7) thread-keyring manTIME(7) time manISO_8859-11(7) tis-620 manUDP(7) udp manUDPLITE(7) udplite manUNICODE(7) unicode manUNITS(7) units manUNIX(7) unix manURI(7) uri manURI(7) url manURI(7) urn manUSER-KEYRING(7) user-keyring manUSER-SESSION-KEYRING(7) user-session-keyring manUSER_NAMESPACES(7) user_namespaces manUTF-8(7) utf-8 manUTF-8(7) utf8 manVDSO(7) vdso manX25(7) x25 manXATTR(7) xattr

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