Difference between "man arp" and "man 7 arp" ?

What is the difference between the 2 arps when man arp and man 7 arp is
done ?
Both of the arp's have the same arp cache ?

On 2006-05-05, jeniffer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> What is the difference between the 2 arps when man arp and man 7 arp is
> done ?

One describes the arp program (user interface), the second the kernel
module.

Davide

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On Fri, 05 May 2006 02:11:12 -0700, jeniffer wrote:

> What is the difference between the 2 arps when man arp and man 7 arp is
> done ?
> Both of the arp's have the same arp cache ?


apropos arp

arp (7) - Linux ARP kernel module
arp (8) - manipulate the system ARP cache

man arp gives '8 arp'

ray <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On Fri, 05 May 2006 02:11:12 -0700, jeniffer wrote:
>
>> What is the difference between the 2 arps when man arp and man 7 arp is
>> done ?
>> Both of the arp's have the same arp cache ?
>
>apropos arp
>
>arp (7) - Linux ARP kernel module
>arp (8) - manipulate the system ARP cache
>
>man arp gives '8 arp'

man man

And look at the -S option and the MANSECT environment variable.

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