<html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>get.refentry.section</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../reference.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="DocBook XSL Stylesheets: Reference Documentation"><link rel="up" href="refentry.html" title="Common » Refentry Metadata Template Reference"><link rel="prev" href="template.get.refentry.title.html" title="get.refentry.title"><link rel="next" href="template.get.refentry.date.html" title="get.refentry.date"><link rel="copyright" href="copyright.html" title="License"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">get.refentry.section</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="template.get.refentry.title.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Common » Refentry Metadata Template Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="template.get.refentry.date.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="template.get.refentry.section"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>get.refentry.section</h2><p>get.refentry.section — Gets section metadata for a refentry</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis"><xsl:template name="get.refentry.section"> <xsl:param name="refname"/> <xsl:param name="quiet" select="0"/> ... </xsl:template></pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="d0e34457"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>The <code class="literal">man(7)</code> man page describes this as "the section number the man page should be placed in (e.g., <code class="literal">7</code>)". If we do not find a <code class="sgmltag-element">manvolnum</code> specified in the source, and we find that the <code class="sgmltag-element">refentry</code> is for a function, we use the section number <code class="literal">3</code> ["Library calls (functions within program libraries)"]; otherwise, we default to using <code class="literal">1</code> ["Executable programs or shell commands"].</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="d0e34480"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">refname</span></dt><dd><p>The first <code class="sgmltag-element">refname</code> in the refentry</p></dd><dt><span class="term">quiet</span></dt><dd><p>If non-zero, no "missing" message is emitted</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="d0e34499"></a><h2>Returns</h2><p>Returns a string representing a section number.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="template.get.refentry.title.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="refentry.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="template.get.refentry.date.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">get.refentry.title </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> get.refentry.date</td></tr></table></div></body></html>