<html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>get.refentry.source</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.date.html" title="get.refentry.date"><link rel="next" href="template.get.refentry.source.name.html" title="get.refentry.source.name"><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.source</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="template.get.refentry.date.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.source.name.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="template.get.refentry.source"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>get.refentry.source</h2><p>get.refentry.source — Gets source metadata for a refentry</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis"><xsl:template name="get.refentry.source"> <xsl:param name="refname"/> <xsl:param name="info"/> <xsl:param name="prefs"/> ... </xsl:template></pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="d0e34566"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>The <code class="literal">man(7)</code> man page describes this as "the source of the command", and provides the following examples: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>For binaries, use something like: GNU, NET-2, SLS Distribution, MCC Distribution.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>For system calls, use the version of the kernel that you are currently looking at: Linux 0.99.11.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>For library calls, use the source of the function: GNU, BSD 4.3, Linux DLL 4.4.1.</p></li></ul></div><p> </p><p>The <code class="literal">solbook(5)</code> man page describes something very much like what <code class="literal">man(7)</code> calls "source", except that <code class="literal">solbook(5)</code> names it "software" and describes it like this: </p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>This is the name of the software product that the topic discussed on the reference page belongs to. For example UNIX commands are part of the <code class="literal">SunOS x.x</code> release.</p></blockquote></div><p> </p><p>In practice, there are many pages that simply have a version number in the "source" field. So, it looks like what we have is a two-part field, <em class="replaceable"><code>Name</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>Version</code></em>, where: </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">Name</span></dt><dd><p>product name (e.g., BSD) or org. name (e.g., GNU)</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Version</span></dt><dd><p>version name</p></dd></dl></div><p> Each part is optional. If the <em class="replaceable"><code>Name</code></em> is a product name, then the <em class="replaceable"><code>Version</code></em> is probably the version of the product. Or there may be no <em class="replaceable"><code>Name</code></em>, in which case, if there is a <em class="replaceable"><code>Version</code></em>, it is probably the version of the item itself, not the product it is part of. Or, if the <em class="replaceable"><code>Name</code></em> is an organization name, then there probably will be no <em class="replaceable"><code>Version</code></em>. </p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="d0e34643"></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">info</span></dt><dd><p>A set of info nodes (from a <code class="sgmltag-element">refentry</code> element and its ancestors)</p></dd><dt><span class="term">prefs</span></dt><dd><p>A node containing users preferences (from global stylesheet parameters)</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="d0e34671"></a><h2>Returns</h2><p>Returns a <code class="sgmltag-element">source</code> node.</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.date.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.source.name.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">get.refentry.date </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> get.refentry.source.name</td></tr></table></div></body></html>