LX0-104 · Question #470
Man pages cover what topics? (Choose Three)
The correct answer is A. superuser commands B. configuration commands D. programming libraries. Man pages provide comprehensive documentation on various aspects of a Unix-like system, including commands, configuration, and programming interfaces. They serve as the primary offline reference for system administrators and developers.
Question
Options
- Asuperuser commands
- Bconfiguration commands
- Csystem policies
- Dprogramming libraries
- Ekernel version information
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A90% (27)
- C3% (1)
- E7% (2)
Why each option
Man pages provide comprehensive documentation on various aspects of a Unix-like system, including commands, configuration, and programming interfaces. They serve as the primary offline reference for system administrators and developers.
Man pages include documentation for superuser commands, typically found in section 8, detailing how administrators manage the system.
Configuration files and commands are extensively documented in man pages, often found in section 5 for file formats and various command sections for utilities that manage configurations.
System policies are generally higher-level guidelines or rules set by an organization or system administrator, not typically documented within standard man pages which focus on specific commands, files, or functions.
Man pages contain detailed information on programming libraries and system calls, commonly found in section 2 (system calls) and section 3 (library functions), essential for software development.
While man pages might describe commands to get kernel information, the man pages themselves do not directly cover "kernel version information" as a topic, but rather document specific commands related to the kernel or system.
Concept tested: Man pages content and categories
Source: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html
Topics
Community Discussion
No community discussion yet for this question.