MAKEWHATIS(1M)

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

SYNOPSIS
makewhatis

DESCRIPTION
Makewhatis remakes the data base for the whatis and apropos commands from the manual sections in /usr/man/*. It uses /usr/lib/getNAME 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
/usr/lib/getNAME    utility

BUGS