CATMAN(8)               GENIX Programmer's Manual               CATMAN(8)



      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           preformatted versions are missing or out of date are recreated.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 data-
           base.

           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.















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