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| author | hubertf <hubertf@NetBSD.org> | 1997-10-17 20:37:59 +0000 |
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| committer | hubertf <hubertf@NetBSD.org> | 1997-10-17 20:37:59 +0000 |
| commit | c9bf407da054e7fc64b37dcb3fd5dd2adee38374 (patch) | |
| tree | 714475c35b14171f5bfcb905a486ad2f4a36b024 | |
| parent | ea023e3b94b029103270870d63bc17df6b3a933d (diff) | |
Add makewhatis.8.
Closes PR 1809 by Robert Dobbs <banshee@gabriella.resort.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/makewhatis/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8 | 74 |
2 files changed, 76 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile b/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile index eea79938a4a..c448aa906c4 100644 --- a/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile +++ b/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1997/10/13 09:28:10 lukem Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.5 1997/10/17 20:38:06 hubertf Exp $ -NOMAN= +MAN=makewhatis.8 NOPROG= NOOBJ= SCRIPTS=makewhatis.sh diff --git a/libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8 b/libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c127e986a4a --- /dev/null +++ b/libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: makewhatis.8,v 1.1 1997/10/17 20:37:59 hubertf Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Robert Dobbs <banshee@gabriella.resort.com>. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD +.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its +.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived +.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd October 17, 1997 +.Dt MAKEWHATIS 8 +.Sh NAME +.Nm makewhatis +.Nd create a whatis.db database +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm /usr/libexec/makewhatis +.Op Ar manpath +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm makewhatis +strips the NAME lines from compiled or raw +.Xr man 1 +pages and creates +a whatis.db database +for use in +.Xr apropos 1 +or with +.Xr man 1 's +-k option. +If +.Nm manpath +is unspecified, +.Nm makewhatis +by default creates a database for /usr/share/man. +Man pages compressed with +.Xr compress 1 +and +.Xr gzip 1 +are uncompressed before processing, unformatted man pages +will be formatted on the fly. +.Sh BUGS +.Nm makewhatis +should find its search paths using /etc/man.conf +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr man 1 , +.Xr man.conf 5 +.Sh AUTHOR +J.T. Conklin (jtc@netbsd.org) |
