On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 07:42:33AM +0300, Gevisz wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:01:01 +1000 Erik Christiansen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 16.09.15 11:28, Gevisz wrote: > > > Just looked in 'man apropos' and tried 'apropos mount' > > > > > > It does not work. Can you, please, provide an example. > > > > The "apropos" command is the same as "man -k". > > Here, both give 27 hits for "mount". > > You'll need to diagnose the problem at your end. > > $ apropos mount > mount: nothing appropriate > > $ which apropos > /usr/bin/apropos > > $ which man > /usr/bin/man > > $ man -k mount > mount: nothing appropriate > > The last is really strange as I used this command before (but not in Gentoo). > > Thank you for explanation.
For posterity's sake, apropos(1), man -k and whatis(1) all consult the `whatis' database. You may create this database with the makewhatis(1) command. On Gentoo these are all a part of the sys-apps/man package. Cheers -- Erik Falor Registered Linux User #445632 http://unnovative.net -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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