Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Mon Sep 7 11:08:00 GMT 2015
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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