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* Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used
@ 2015-09-04 21:06 Selden E Ball Jr
  2015-09-06 11:58 ` Corinna Vinschen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Selden E Ball Jr @ 2015-09-04 21:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

It would be greatly appreciated if whoever maintains the FAQ could
update it to refer to mandb instead of makewhatis

Thanks!

Selden

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* Re: Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used
  2015-09-04 21:06 Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used Selden E Ball Jr
@ 2015-09-06 11:58 ` Corinna Vinschen
  2015-09-07 11:08   ` Brian Inglis
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2015-09-06 11:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

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On Sep  4 17:04, Selden E Ball Jr wrote:
> It would be greatly appreciated if whoever maintains the FAQ could
> update it to refer to mandb instead of makewhatis

Please suggest a new text.


Thanks,
Corinna

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* Re: Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used
  2015-09-06 11:58 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2015-09-07 11:08   ` Brian Inglis
  2015-09-07 12:01     ` Corinna Vinschen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Brian Inglis @ 2015-09-07 11:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:

> 
> On Sep  4 17:04, Selden E Ball Jr wrote:
> > It would be greatly appreciated if whoever maintains the FAQ could
> > update it to refer to mandb instead of makewhatis
> 
> Please suggest a new text.

4.14. Why doesn't man -k, apropos or whatis work?

Before you can use man -k, apropos or whatis, you must create the man
database. Just run the command

	mandb

(it may take a few minutes to complete).


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* Re: Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used
  2015-09-07 11:08   ` Brian Inglis
@ 2015-09-07 12:01     ` Corinna Vinschen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2015-09-07 12:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

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On Sep  7 11:07, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > On Sep  4 17:04, Selden E Ball Jr wrote:
> > > It would be greatly appreciated if whoever maintains the FAQ could
> > > update it to refer to mandb instead of makewhatis
> > 
> > Please suggest a new text.
> 
> 4.14. Why doesn't man -k, apropos or whatis work?
> 
> Before you can use man -k, apropos or whatis, you must create the man
> database. Just run the command
> 
> 	mandb
> 
> (it may take a few minutes to complete).

Thanks!


Corinna

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