Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/makemandb/whatis.1,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/usr.sbin/makemandb/whatis.1,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -p -r1.1 -r1.2 --- src/usr.sbin/makemandb/whatis.1 2012/02/07 19:13:32 1.1 +++ src/usr.sbin/makemandb/whatis.1 2012/10/06 15:33:59 1.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: whatis.1,v 1.1 2012/02/07 19:13:32 joerg Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: whatis.1,v 1.2 2012/10/06 15:33:59 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2012 Joerg Sonnenberger .\" All rights reserved. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd February 1, 2012 +.Dd October 5, 2012 .Dt WHATIS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,12 +39,19 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -program queries the database -.Pa /var/db/man.db -for manual pages with name +program queries the apropos database built by +.Xr makemandb 8 . +It searches for manual pages with name .Ar command -and prints the name of the manual page, the section and the description from -the section NAME. +and outputs name of the matching manual pages along with the section and the +brief description from the NAME section. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -hang -width /etc/man.conf -compact +.It Pa /etc/man.conf +The location of the Sqlite FTS database can be configured using the +.Cd _mandb +tag. +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , .Xr makemandb 8