1 .\" 2 .\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the 3 .\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. 4 .\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version 5 .\" 1.0 of the CDDL. 6 .\" 7 .\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this 8 .\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at 9 .\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. 10 .\" 11 .\" 12 .\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org> 13 .\" 14 .Dd Jul 13, 2014 15 .Dt CATAMN 1 16 .Os 17 .Sh NAME 18 .Nm catman 19 .Nd generate 20 .Nm whatis 21 database files 22 .Sh SYNOPSIS 23 .Nm 24 .Op Fl M Ar path 25 .Sh DESCRIPTION 26 The 27 .Nm 28 utility generates a set of 29 .Nm whatis 30 database files suitable for use with 31 .Xr apropos 1 32 and 33 .Xr whatis 1 . 34 It is supplied for compatibility reasons. The same databases can 35 be generated using the 36 .Fl w 37 option with 38 .Xr man 1 , 39 and that command should be used instead. 40 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl d" 41 .It Fl M Ar path 42 Generate the 43 .Nm whatis 44 database files within the specified colon separated manual paths. 45 Overrides the 46 .Ev MANPATH 47 environment variable. 48 .El 49 .Sh ENVIRONMENT 50 The following environment variables affect the execution of 51 .Nm : 52 .Bl -tag -width ".Ev MANPATH" 53 .It Ev MANPATH 54 Used to specify a colon seperated list of manual paths within 55 which to generate 56 .Nm whatis 57 database files. 58 .El 59 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS 60 The 61 .Nm 62 utility exits 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise. 63 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY 64 Obsolete. 65 .Sh CODE SET INDEPENDENCE 66 Enabled. 67 .Sh SEE ALSO 68 .Xr apropos 1 , 69 .Xr man 1 , 70 .Xr whatis 1