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- MKWHATIS(8) MKWHATIS(8)
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- NAME
- mkwhatis - tool for making entries in whatis(1) databases
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- SYNOPSIS
- mkwhatis manpage...
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- DESCRIPTION
- mkwhatis reads the input files (which should be manpage source files)
- and extracts information for the database used by whatis(1). It is
- not perfect, but should help substantially in this otherwise tedious
- task.
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- NOTES
- For the format of the whatis database, see whatis(5).
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- whatis assumes manpages that look like this:
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- .TH FOO 1X <-- section, subsection
- .SH NAME
- foo \- blah blah blah <-- name, desc
- .SH DESCIPTION
- .
- .
- .
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- bar(1), foobar(5) <-- cross references
- .SH SOMETHING (or eof)
-
- or
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- .TH FOO 1 LOCAL
- .
- .
- .
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- It does not handle sourced files (aliases), ie:
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- .so man1/foo.1
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- At a minimum, you will have to add keywords yourself.
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- SEE ALSO
- man(1), whatis(1), whatisin(1), apropos(1), whatis(5)
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- AUTHOR
- Bill Rosenkranz
- rosenkra@convex.com
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- VERSION
- mkwhatis 2.0.1 92/9/12 rosenkra
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- - 1 - Formatted: June 18, 1995
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