Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shelby!carbon!shaff From: shaff@elements.rpal.com (Mike Shaff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Man pages? Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 90 03:21:43 GMT References: <1990Aug21.020456.5171@servalan.uucp> Sender: root@elements.rpal.com (Operator) Reply-To: shaff@rpal.com Distribution: comp Organization: Rockwell International Palo Alto Lab Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: rmtodd@servalan.uucp's message of 21 Aug 90 02:04:56 GMT ciao, Either that or noone has cared sufficiently to look into it. (Personally, I don't recall ever having *used* the whatis database, so I haven't really had an incentive to look into seeing how it can be updated...) Ever done an 'apropos' or the command whatis (man -k in BSD)? If you have then you HAVE used the whatis database. -- mas Major said, "Why don't we give him Rope enough to hang himself? No need to worry the jury They'll probably take care of themselves"