dapper 6.06 LTS | hardy 8.04 LTS | intrepid 8.10 | jaunty 9.04 | karmic 9.10 | lucid 10.04 LTS | Section Description |
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| chown(1) | chown(1) | chown(1) | chown(1) | chown(1) | chown(1) | (1) - Executable programs or shell commands |
| chown(2) | chown(2) | chown(2) | chown(2) | chown(2) | chown(2) | (2) - System calls (functions provided by the kernel) |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (3) - Library calls (functions within program libraries) |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (4) - Special files (usually found in /dev) |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (5) - File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (6) - Games |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (7) - Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions) |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (8) - System administration commands (usually only for root) |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | (9) - Kernel routines [Non standard] |