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.TH MAKEWHATIS 1M 2/24/79
.UC
.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 /usr/lib/getNAME
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
.br
/usr/lib/getNAME	utility
.SH BUGS
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e2165f8a BJ	1	.TH MAKEWHATIS 1M 2/24/79
	2	.UC
	3	.SH NAME
	4	makewhatis \- remake the data base for the whatis and apropos commands
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B makewhatis
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.I Makewhatis
	9	remakes the data base for the
	10	whatis and apropos commands
	11	from the manual sections in /usr/man/*.
	12	It uses
	13	.IR /usr/lib/getNAME
	14	to extract relevant text from each manual entry
	15	and then rearranges and sorts this output.
	16	Manuals sections may be in either the old (version 6) or version 7 manual
	17	formats.
	18	.SH FILES
	19	.DT
	20	/usr/lib/whatis constructed data base
	21	.br
	22	/usr/lib/getNAME utility
	23	.SH BUGS