2.9BSD/usr/man/cat8/makewhatis.8

MAKEWHATIS(8)       UNIX Programmer's Manual        MAKEWHATIS(8)

NAME
     makewhatis - remake the data base for the whatis and apropos
     commands

SYNOPSIS
     makewhatis

DESCRIPTION
     _M_a_k_e_w_h_a_t_i_s remakes the data base for the whatis and apropos
     commands from the manual sections in /usr/man/*.  It uses
     _g_e_t_N_A_M_E(8) to extract relevant text from each manual entry
     and then rearranges and sorts this output.  Manuals sections
     may be in either the old (version 6) or version 7 manual
     formats.

FILES
     /usr/lib/whatis          constructed data base

SEE ALSO
     getNAME(8)

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