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