MANDOC.DB(5) - File Formats Manual

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: ...