INTRO(7)

INTRO(7) | Miscellaneous Information Manual | INTRO(7)

# NAME

`intro` — miscellaneous information pages

# DESCRIPTION

This section contains miscellaneous documentation, including:

ascii(7)
  map of ASCII character set
c(7)
  the C programming language
entropy(7)
  random unpredictable secrets needed for security
environ(7)
  user environment
glob(7)
  shell-style pattern matching
groups(7)
  standard NetBSD group names
hier(7)
  file system hierarchy in NetBSD
hostname(7)
  host name resolution description
kernel_sanitizers(7)
  bug detection features in the NetBSD kernel
mailaddr(7)
  mail addressing description
mdoc(7)
  macros for typesetting `-mdoc` style manual pages
mdoc.samples(7)
  tutorial for writing BSD manuals with `-mdoc`
module(7)
  kernel modules
nls(7)
  overview of national language support
npf(7)
  NetBSD Packet Filter
operator(7)
  C operator precedence and order of evaluation
orders(7)
  orders of magnitude
pkgsrc(7)
  the NetBSD packages collection
release(7)
  layout of NetBSD releases and snapshots
rfc6056(7)
  udp port randomization algorithms
script(7)
  how interpreter scripts are executed
security(7)
  security features available in NetBSD
setuid(7)
  checklist for security and setuid programs
signal(7)
  available signals under NetBSD
src(7)
  layout of the NetBSD source tree
sticky(7)
  sticky bit (`S_ISVTX`) handling
symlink(7)
  symbolic link handling
sysctl(7)
  system information variables in NetBSD
tests(7)
  NetBSD test suite
users(7)
  standard NetBSD user account names

# HISTORY

The `intro` manual page appeared in 4.2BSD.

May 1, 2021 | NetBSD 11.0