Annotation of src/usr.bin/whatis/whatis.1, Revision 1.6
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34: .\" @(#)whatis.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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36: .Dd June 6, 1993
37: .Dt WHATIS 1
1.4 aaron 38: .Os
1.1 deraadt 39: .Sh NAME
40: .Nm whatis
41: .Nd describe what a command is
42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
43: .Nm whatis
44: .Op Fl M Ar path
45: .Op Fl m Ar path
1.3 aaron 46: .Ar command Op Ar ...
1.1 deraadt 47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.6 ! aaron 48: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 49: looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual page.
50: You can then use the
51: .Xr man 1
52: command to get more information.
53: .Pp
54: The options are as follows:
55: .Bl -tag -width Fl
56: .It Fl M Ar path
57: Override the list of standard directories
1.6 ! aaron 58: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 59: searches for its database named
60: .Dq Pa whatis.db .
61: The supplied
62: .Ar path
63: must be a colon
1.6 ! aaron 64: .Pq Ql \&:
1.1 deraadt 65: separated list of directories.
66: This search path may also be set using the environment variable
67: .Ev MANPATH .
68: .It Fl m Ar path
69: Augment the list of standard directories
1.6 ! aaron 70: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 71: searches for its database named
72: .Dq Pa whatis.db .
73: The supplied
74: .Ar path
1.6 ! aaron 75: must be a colon-separated list of directories.
1.1 deraadt 76: These directories will be searched before the standard directories
77: or the directories supplied with the
78: .Fl M
79: option or the
80: .Ev MANPATH
81: environment variable are searched.
82: .El
83: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
1.6 ! aaron 84: The following environment variables affect the execution of
! 85: .Nm whatis :
1.1 deraadt 86: .Bl -tag -width MANPATH
87: .It Ev MANPATH
88: The standard search path used by
89: .Xr man 1
90: may be overridden by specifying a path in the
91: .Ev MANPATH
92: environment variable.
93: .El
94: .Sh FILES
95: .Bl -tag -width whatis.db
96: .It Pa whatis.db
97: name of the whatis database
98: .El
99: .Sh SEE ALSO
100: .Xr apropos 1 ,
101: .Xr man 1 ,
1.5 aaron 102: .Xr whereis 1 ,
103: .Xr which 1
1.1 deraadt 104: .Sh HISTORY
105: The
106: .Nm
107: command appeared in
108: .Bx 3.0 .