Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 1 of 6

[Dick Dunn]

eric at snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
> In <1000 at langtry.cs.utexas.edu> Robert Mayoff wrote:
...
> > I'm offended.  This is just plain wrong.  The correct order is 1 User
> > Commands, 2 System Calls, 3 Subroutines, 4 Devices, 5 File Formats, 6 Games
> > & Demos, 7 Miscellaneous, and 8 Maintenance Commands.

> I dunno what weird UNIX you're using, but if you'll look at a stock AT&T SVr3.2...

V.3.2 is weird enough, Eric.  Look, Mayoff is just stating it as *everyone*
knows it's *supposed* to be, not how AT&T decided to tweak it to try to
confuse us.  I don't think he was flaming you so much as suggesting you get
some perspective.  The division that Mayoff lists is used in at least V7
through 10, plus BSD.  (4 is more properly "special files" than devices)

And no, I'm not flaming you either, though I might be poking fun at
someone who doesn't know the One True Layout of proper UNIX manual pages...

> I'll add a note that sections 4 and 5 and 7 have been known to get swapped
> around.

Makes sense.  Just be sure to note that it's AT&T that swapped them
around.
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