Quick Start Guide
DescriptionNumber
File formats and conventions (/etc/
fstab)
5
Games6
Miscellaneous (including macro pack-
ages and conventions), for example,
man(7), gro(7)
7
System administration commands
(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 sections available
depending on the type of command.
A.1.3 Info Pages
Info pages are another important source of information on your system. Usually, they
are more detailed than man pages. To view the info page for a certain command,
enter info followed by the name of the command, for example, info ls. You can
browse an info page with a viewer directly in the shell and display the dierent sec-
tions, called “nodes”. Use [Space] to move forward and [<—] to move backwards.
Within a node, you can also browse with [Page ↑] and [Page ↓] but only [Space] and
[<—] will take you also to the previous or subsequent node. Press [Q] to end the
viewing mode. Not every man page comes with an info page and vice versa.
A.1.4 Online Resources
In addition to the online versions of the openSUSE manuals installed under /usr/
share/doc, you can also access the product-specic manuals and documentation on
the Web. For an overview of all documentation available for openSUSE check out
your product-specic documentation Web page at http://doc.opensuse.org.
If you are searching for additional product-related information, you can also refer to
the following Web sites:
openSUSE Wiki
Detailed information about lots of dierent aspects of the openSUSE system can
be found in our Wiki at http://en.opensuse.org. You may also contribute to each
Wiki page and change or add new pages.
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