Re: mkwhatis?

[fols9488@uidaho.edu]

> How do i generate a whatis database in Debian Linux?
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Here is the shell script that I use for this.  Note that its not terribly 
intelligent about what it does.  It just rebuilds everything in my MANPATH.

----- cut here -----
#!/bin/sh
#
# create 'whatis' directory file in man directories

DIRS="$MANPATH"
IFS=":"

if [ "$DIRS" = "" ]; then
	echo "No MANPATH specified."
	exit 1
fi

for d in $DIRS; do
	if [ "$d" != "~/man" ]; then
		cd "$d"
		whatis -M "$d" -w \* | sort > "$d"/whatis
	fi
done

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