mandb(b)                Manual pager utils               mandb(b)




       mandb -


       mandb [-dqsuc|-h|-V] [manpath]


       mandb index man  man_db

       index mandb  ROFF  .so whatis

       mandb  man_db  `global'


       mandb

       tab (@); l l l l.  @@@ _ Berkeley db@@@index.bt GNU gdbm v
       >=  1.6@@@index.db  GNU  gdbm  v  <   1.6@@@index.db  UNIX
       ndbm@@@index.(dir|pag)

        mandb -c


       -d, --debug


       -q, --quiet


       -s, --no-straycats
              stray cat (:  (cat) roff  cat )

       -c, --create
               mandb mandb

       -u, --user-db
               `global'

       -h, --help


       -V, --version





       <filename>: whatis  page(e)
              <filename>  whatis  man_db  whatis

       <filename>:
              <filename>  <filename>

       <filename>: ROFF `.so'
              <filename>  ROFF

       <filename>:
              <filename>  <x>  <y>

       <filename_mask>:
               <filename_mask>


       /etc/manpath.config
              man_db

       /usr/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               global

       /var/catman/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FSSTND ) global

       /var/cache/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FHS ) global


       man(n), manpath(h), catman(n)


       Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).  Fabrizio Polacco (fpo-
       lacco@debian.org).



2.3.20                  07 September 2001                mandb(b)