Operation Manual

DescriptionNumber
Miscellaneous(includingmacro packages and conventions),
for example,man(7), groff(7)
7
Systemadministrationcommands(usually only for
root
)
8
Kernel routines(nonstandard)9
Each man page consists of several parts labeled NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION,
SEE ALSO, LICENSING, and AUTHOR. There may be additional sectionsavailable de-
pendingon the type of command.
A.1.3 Info Pages
Info pages are another importantsource of information on your system.Usually, they
are more detailedthan man pages.To view the info page for a certaincommand,
enter
info
followedby the name of the command,for example,
info ls
. You can
browsean info page with a viewerdirectlyin the shell and display the different sec-
tions,called “nodes”. Use[ Space] to moveforward and[ <—] to movebackwards.
Within a node,you can also browsewith[ Page↑ ] and[ Page↓ ] butonly[ Space]and
[<—]will take you also to the previous or subsequentnode. Press[ Q] to end the
viewingmode.Not everyman page comeswith an info page and vice versa.
A.1.4 Online Resources
In addition to the online versionsof the openSUSEmanuals installedunder
/usr/
share/doc
, you can also access the product-specificmanuals and documentation on
the Web. For an overview of all documentationavailable for openSUSE check out
your product-specificdocumentation Web page at
http://doc.opensuse.org
.
If you are searching for additional product-relatedinformation,you can also referto
the following Web sites:
openSUSE Wiki
Detailed information about lots of different aspectsof the openSUSE system can
be foundin our Wiki at
http://en.opensuse.org
. You may also contribute to each
Wiki page and changeor add new pages.
openSUSE Support Database
The openSUSE Support Database(SDB) can be found at
http://en.opensuse.org/
Portal:Support_database
. It features articleswrittenas solutions for technical
problems with openSUSE.They cover issuesfrom installationand configuration,
to workarounds for bugs and missingfeatures.
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