APROPOS(1) - General Commands Manual # APROPOS(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # apropos, whatis - search manual page databases
SYNOPSIS # apropos [-afk] [-C file] [-M path] [-m path] [-O outkey] [-S arch] [-s section] expression …
DESCRIPTION # The apropos and whatis utilities query manual page databases generated by makewhatis(8), evaluating expression for each file in each database. By default, they display the names, section numbers, and description lines of all matching manuals.
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Accton,
Fsck,
Makewhatis,
Calendar,
Locate,
Crontab,
Sa,
Security,
Whatis,
Dump,
Yp,
Cron,
Ac,
Rdist,
Daily DAILY(8) - System Manager’s Manual # DAILY(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # daily, weekly, monthly - periodic system maintenance
DESCRIPTION # The three files /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, and /etc/monthly are shell scripts run on a periodic basis by the clock daemon, cron(8). They take care of some basic administrative tasks. Their output, if any, is mailed to root.
Note: The scripts are all run as part of root’s crontab(5). However, it is strongly suggested that the root mail account be an alias that forwards messages to a real user or set of users.
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MAKEWHATIS(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAKEWHATIS(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # makewhatis - index UNIX manuals
SYNOPSIS # makewhatis [-aDnpQ] [-TÂ utf8] [-CÂ 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 # The makewhatis utility extracts keywords from UNIX manuals and indexes them in a database for fast retrieval by apropos(1), whatis(1), and man(1).
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MAN.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # MAN.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # man.conf - configuration file for man
DESCRIPTION # This is the configuration file for the man(1), apropos(1), and makewhatis(8) utilities. Its presence, and all directives, are optional.
This file is an ASCII text file. Leading whitespace on lines, lines starting with ‘#’, and blank lines are ignored. Words are separated by whitespace. The first word on each line is the name of a configuration directive.
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MANDOC.DB(5) - File Formats Manual # MANDOC.DB(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # mandoc.db - manual page database
DESCRIPTION # The mandoc.db file format is used to store information about installed manual pages to facilitate semantic searching for manuals. Each manual page tree contains its own mandoc.db file; see FILES for examples.
Such database files are generated by makewhatis(8) and used by man(1), apropos(1) and whatis(1).
The file format uses three datatypes:
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