Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Mon Sep 7 12:01:00 GMT 2015
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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