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Richard Ace
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Appart from copying a whatis to /usr/share/lib from another system, is there a way to generate a new one for a new system to invoke man -k


TEST:/usr/share/lib#ll whatis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 132012 Dec 22 1999 whatis
TEST:/usr/share/lib#
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Bill McNAMARA_1
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Re: whatis

catman

Later,
bill
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Robin Wakefield
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Re: whatis

Hi Richard,

man 1m catman

Rgds, Robin
Sukant Naik
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Re: whatis

Hi Richard,

You need to run the following command to use man -k


As root

# catman

This will take some time.

Regards,
Sukant
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Richard Ace
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Re: whatis

Thanks all

Rich
Bill McNAMARA_1
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Re: whatis

hi again Richard..
Points is the way you can thank us! ;)

Later,
Bill

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