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.TH MAKEWHATIS 1
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.SH NAME
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makewhatis \- build the whatis(5) database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B makewhatis
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.I directory
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Makewhatis
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makes the
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.BR whatis (5)
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database in the given manual page directory. This database is used by
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.BR man (1)
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to map titles to manual page names and by
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.BR whatis (1)
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to give one line descriptions. See
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.BR whatis (5)
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for a description of what a whatis database should look like and the
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restrictions that are placed on the NAME sections so that
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.B makewhatis
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can make whatis lines out of the manual pages.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR whatis (5).
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.SH BUGS
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Removing only font and size changes from the NAME section is often not
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enough.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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.\" minor correction -- ASW 2005-01-15
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