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/whatisconstructed data base
/usr/lib/getNAMEutility

BUGS

3rd Berkeley Distribution  —  2/24/79