NAME

catman − create the cat files for the manual

SYNOPSIS

/etc/catman [ −p ] [ −n ] [ −w ] [ sections ]

DESCRIPTION

Catman creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff input files.  Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are missing or out of date are recreated.  If any changes are made, catman will recreate the /usr/lib/whatis database. 

If there is one parameter not starting with a ‘−’, it is take to be a list of manual sections to look in.  For example

catman 123

will cause the updating to only happen to manual sections 1, 2, and 3. 

Options:

−n prevents creations of /usr/lib/whatis. 

−p prints what would be done instead of doing it. 

−w causes only the /usr/lib/whatis database to be created.  No manual reformatting is done. 

FILES

/usr/man/man?/*.*       raw (nroff input) manual sections
/usr/man/cat?/*.*       preformatted manual pages
/usr/lib/makewhatis     commands to make whatis database

SEE ALSO

man(1)

BUGS

Acts oddly on nights with full moons.