WHATIS

NAME

DESCRIPTION

The databases are kept in separate file for each section of the manual, i.e.,

        whatis._0_
        whatis._1_
        whatis._2_
        etc.

        whatis._l_
        whatis._n_
        whatis._o_

Each line is either a comment or data. Comments are blank lines or those whose first character is a `#'.

The format for each data line of the databases is:

        name%aliases%section%subsection%description%xrefs%keywords

name

program/routine/etc name. (required)

alias

if this sources another manpage or refered by another name. a comma-separated list. (optional)

section

manual section number [0-9nlo]. (required)

subsection

single capital letter. (optional)

description

what this is, ascii string. (required)

xref

basically "SEE ALSO". a comma-separated list. (optional)

keywords

any descriptive keywords. comma-separated list. (optional)

Optional or unspecified fields contain only a `_' char.

Here is an example:

        unixmode%_%5%_%Extended Filename Standard%sh(1)%MiNT,file

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

VERSION

Index

NAME

DESCRIPTION

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

VERSION