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makewhatis(1)
construct /usr/share/man/whatis from man page source
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
NAME
/usr/ucblib/makewhatis - construct /usr/share/man/whatis from man page source
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucblib/makewhatis
DESCRIPTION
makewhatis constructs the /usr/share/man/whatis database from the nroff source manual pages in /usr/share/man.
NOTE
makewhatis requires the nroff source man pages to contstruct the whatis database. Since most manual pages are shipped only with the pre-formatted page, it is not possible to reconstruct the /usr/share/man/whatis database by running makewhatis.