# Linux Man Page Howto

### Jens Schweikhardt

`<howto@schweikhardt.net>`

Pradeep Padala - Conversion from HTML to DocBook v4.1.

v0.1, 2002-09-07

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Revision 0.1 | 2002-09-07 | Revised by: ppadala
Conversion from HTML to Docbook v4.1

$Id: Man-Page.sgml,v 1.2 2002/12/15 17:51:43 schweikh Exp schweikh $

This HOWTO explains what you should bear in mind when you are going to write on-line documentation -- a so-called man page -- that you want to make accessible via the `man`(1) command. Throughout this HOWTO, a manual entry is simply referred to as a man page, regardless of actual length and without sexist intention.

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