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.TH MAKEWHATIS UCB 2/24/79 UCB
.SH NAME
makewhatis \- remake the data base for the whatis and apropos commands
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B makewhatis
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Makewhatis
remakes the data base for the
whatis and apropos commands
from the manual sections in /usr/man/*.
It uses
.IR getNAME (UCB)
to extract relevant text from each manual entry
and then rearranges and sorts this output.
Manuals sections may be in either the old  (version 6) or version 7 manual
formats.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/lib/whatis		constructed data base
.SH SEE ALSO
getNAME(UCB)
.SH BUGS
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c413a71a BJ	1	.TH MAKEWHATIS UCB 2/24/79 UCB
	2	.SH NAME
	3	makewhatis \- remake the data base for the whatis and apropos commands
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B makewhatis
	6	.SH DESCRIPTION
	7	.I Makewhatis
	8	remakes the data base for the
	9	whatis and apropos commands
	10	from the manual sections in /usr/man/*.
	11	It uses
	12	.IR getNAME (UCB)
	13	to extract relevant text from each manual entry
	14	and then rearranges and sorts this output.
	15	Manuals sections may be in either the old (version 6) or version 7 manual
	16	formats.
	17	.SH FILES
	18	.DT
	19	/usr/lib/whatis constructed data base
	20	.SH SEE ALSO
	21	getNAME(UCB)
	22	.SH BUGS