22 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  23 .Nm
  24 .Op Fl M Ar path
  25 .Op Fl w
  26 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  27 The
  28 .Nm
  29 utility generates a set of
  30 .Nm whatis
  31 database files suitable for use with
  32 .Xr apropos 1
  33 and
  34 .Xr whatis 1 .
  35 It is supplied for compatibility reasons.  The same databases can
  36 be generated using the
  37 .Fl w
  38 option with
  39 .Xr man 1 ,
  40 and that command should be used instead.
  41 .Sh OPTIONS
  42 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl d"
  43 .It Fl M Ar path
  44 Generate the
  45 .Nm whatis
  46 database files within the specified colon separated manual paths.
  47 Overrides the
  48 .Ev MANPATH
  49 environment variable.
  50 .It Fl w
  51 This option is present for backwards compatibility, and is ignored.
  52 .El
  53 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
  54 The following environment variables affect the execution of
  55 .Nm :
  56 .Bl -tag -width ".Ev MANPATH"
  57 .It Ev MANPATH
  58 Used to specify a colon seperated list of manual paths within
  59 which to generate
  60 .Nm whatis
  61 database files.
  62 .El
  63 .Sh EXIT STATUS
  64 .Ex -std
  65 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
  66 .Nm "Obsolete Committed" .
  67 .Sh CODE SET INDEPENDENCE
  68 Enabled.


  69 .Sh SEE ALSO
  70 .Xr apropos 1 ,
  71 .Xr man 1 ,
  72 .Xr whatis 1

  22 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  23 .Nm
  24 .Op Fl M Ar path
  25 .Op Fl w
  26 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  27 The
  28 .Nm
  29 utility generates a set of
  30 .Nm whatis
  31 database files suitable for use with
  32 .Xr apropos 1
  33 and
  34 .Xr whatis 1 .
  35 It is supplied for compatibility reasons.  The same databases can
  36 be generated using the
  37 .Fl w
  38 option with
  39 .Xr man 1 ,
  40 and that command should be used instead.
  41 .Sh OPTIONS
  42 .Bl -tag -width Fl
  43 .It Fl M Ar path
  44 Generate the
  45 .Nm whatis
  46 database files within the specified colon separated manual paths.
  47 Overrides the
  48 .Ev MANPATH
  49 environment variable.
  50 .It Fl w
  51 This option is present for backwards compatibility, and is ignored.
  52 .El
  53 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
  54 The following environment variables affect the execution of
  55 .Nm :
  56 .Bl -tag -width Ev
  57 .It Ev MANPATH
  58 Used to specify a colon seperated list of manual paths within
  59 which to generate
  60 .Nm whatis
  61 database files.
  62 .El
  63 .Sh EXIT STATUS
  64 .Ex -std


  65 .Sh CODE SET INDEPENDENCE
  66 Enabled.
  67 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
  68 .Nm "Obsolete Committed" .
  69 .Sh SEE ALSO
  70 .Xr apropos 1 ,
  71 .Xr man 1 ,
  72 .Xr whatis 1