>From: devtrix@netcom.com (Matthew B. Wood)
>Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:48:17 -0700 (PDT)

>Can someone give a little background info on how to use 'makewhatis.sed'?  
>I need to update whatis.db for the tons of things I've installed over 
>time.  I tried the 'makewhatis.perl' from BSDI and got equally dismal 
>results.  thanks!

You don't use it directly.  Check out /usr/libexec/makewhatis.
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