On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:51:04 -0600 Erik Falor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. Thank you. -- -- 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.
