> How do i generate a whatis database in Debian Linux?
> P. *8^)
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Here is the shell script that I use for this. Note that its not terribly
intelligent about what it does. It just rebuilds everything in my MANPATH.
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#!/bin/sh
#
# create 'whatis' directory file in man directories
DIRS="$MANPATH"
IFS=":"
if [ "$DIRS" = "" ]; then
echo "No MANPATH specified."
exit 1
fi
for d in $DIRS; do
if [ "$d" != "~/man" ]; then
cd "$d"
whatis -M "$d" -w \* | sort > "$d"/whatis
fi
done
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