MAKEWHATIS(8) System Manager's Manual MAKEWHATIS(8) (NAME) makewhatis - whatis (SYNOPSIS) makewhatis [-aDnpQ] [-T utf8] [-C file] makewhatis [-aDnpQ] [-T utf8] dir ... makewhatis [-DnpQ] [-T utf8] -d dir [file ...] makewhatis [-Dnp] [-T utf8] -u dir [file ...] makewhatis [-DQ] -t file ... (DESCRIPTION) makewhatis UNIX apropos(1), whatis(1) -k man(1) . makewhatis mansection/[arch/]title.section catsection/[arch/]title.0 dir . . . dir makewhatis man.conf(5) . : -a dir .... -C file file man.conf(5). -D . -D . -d dir ( ) file ... dir. -n . -p . -Q NAME . . -T utf8 UTF-8 ASCII . -t file ... files . -a, -n -p. . -u dir file ... dir. . . (ENVIRONMENT) MANPATH . dir -t . (FILES) mandoc.db . . /etc/man.conf man(1). (EXIT STATUS) makewhatis : 0 . 5 . . 6 . makewhatis . . (SEE ALSO) apropos(1), man(1), whatis(1), man.conf(5) (HISTORY) makewhatis 2BSD . perl(1) OpenBSD 2.7 C OpenBSD 5.6 . dir NetBSD 1.0 -dpt OpenBSD 2.7 -u OpenBSD 3.4 -aCDnQT OpenBSD 5.6 . (AUTHORS) Bill Joy makewhatis BSD Marc Espie Perl makewhatis Kristaps Dzonsons Ingo Schwarze . Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 May 17, 2017 Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64