* Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used @ 2015-09-04 21:06 Selden E Ball Jr 2015-09-06 11:58 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Selden E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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used 2015-09-04 21:06 Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used Selden E Ball Jr @ 2015-09-06 11:58 ` Corinna Vinschen 2015-09-07 11:08 ` Brian Inglis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread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 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 367 bytes --] 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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat [-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 819 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used 2015-09-06 11:58 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 2015-09-07 11:08 ` Brian Inglis 2015-09-07 12:01 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+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). -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used 2015-09-07 11:08 ` Brian Inglis @ 2015-09-07 12:01 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Corinna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 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 728 bytes --] 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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat [-- Attachment #2: Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 819 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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