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authorhubertf <hubertf@NetBSD.org>1997-10-17 20:37:59 +0000
committerhubertf <hubertf@NetBSD.org>1997-10-17 20:37:59 +0000
commitc9bf407da054e7fc64b37dcb3fd5dd2adee38374 (patch)
tree714475c35b14171f5bfcb905a486ad2f4a36b024 /libexec
parentea023e3b94b029103270870d63bc17df6b3a933d (diff)
Add makewhatis.8.
Closes PR 1809 by Robert Dobbs <banshee@gabriella.resort.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec')
-rw-r--r--libexec/makewhatis/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.874
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)