>Number:         1168
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       makewhatis needs man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 28 11:50:04 1995
>Originator:     David Brownlee
>Organization:
Monochrome
>Release:        Jun 9th 1995
>Environment:
sparc, 1.0A, current
System: NetBSD gluon.city.ac.uk 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (GLUON) #1: monoadm@gluon.city.ac.uk:/mono/u1/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GLUON sparc

>Description:
	I thought to myself "I want a whatis.db' for /usr/local/man - I'd
	better 'man whatis' and see how to do it". 10 minutes & every 'man'
	related man page later I gave up & checked the /usr/src/share/man
	Makefile to see how to do it... :)

	makewhatis should have a man page, and the man page for whatis should
	reference it...

>How-To-Repeat:
	Try to create a whatis.db without knowing about makewhatis!
>Fix:
	I've roughed up the most basic man page possible for makewhatis,
	whatis.8 needs to reference this...
					David

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.Dd June 28, 1995
.Dt MAKEWHATIS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm makewhatis
.Nd make whatis.db database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm makewhatis
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Makewhatis
creates the whatis.db directory for the specified
.Ar directory.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/man -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/man
default directory for manual pages.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr whatis 1
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm makewhatis
command appeared in XXXX.
>Audit-Trail:
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