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Submitted by:	Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>

gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-NOMAN=	noman
+MAN1=	makewhatis.1
 
 beforeinstall:
 	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m ${BINMODE} \

gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/makewhatis.1

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+.\"
+.\" (c) Copyright 1995 Wolfram Schneider. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"    This product includes software developed by Wolfram Schneider
+.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\"    derived from this software without specific prior written permission
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" /usr/bin/makewhatis - create whatis database
+.\"
+.\"   Email: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+.\"
+.\" $Id: makewhatis.1,v 1.2 1995/01/15 14:26:12 w Exp w $
+.\"
+
+.Dd Jan, 12, 1995
+.Dt MAKEWHATIS 1
+.Os FreeBSD 2.1
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm makewhatis
+.Nd create whatis database
+
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm makewhatis
+.Op Fl format Ar column
+.Op Fl name Ar name
+.Op Fl outfile Ar file
+.Op Fl verbose
+.Op Fl help
+.Ar directory ...
+
+.Sh DESCRIPTION 
+.Nm Makewhatis
+extracts the name and a short description from unformatted manpages
+and creates the
+.Xr whatis 1
+database. 
+.Nm Makewhatis 
+can read gzip'ed manpages.
+
+.Ar Directory
+names a directory containing manpage subdirectories
+.Pq named Pa man[0-8] .
+Colons are treated as spaces, hence
+.Ic makewhatis $MANPATH
+or
+.Ic makewhatis `manpath`
+are allowed.
+
+.Sh OPTIONS
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl help
+Print options and exit.
+.It Fl verbose
+Issue more warnings
+.Pq to stderr .
+.It Fl format Ar column
+Justify description strings to
+.Ar column Pq default 24 .
+.It Fl outfile Ar file
+Write all output to
+.Ar file
+instead of
+.Pa dirname/whatis Ns .
+.It Fl name Ar name
+Use
+.Ar name
+instead of
+.Pa whatis Ns .
+
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Pp
+.Ic makewhatis $MANPATH
+.Pp
+Create whatis database for all directories in your
+.Pa $MANPATH Ns .
+.Pp
+.Ic makewhatis -outfile /tmp/mywhatis /usr/local/man $HOME/man
+.Pp
+Create whatis database 
+.Pa /tmp/mywhatis
+\&.
+Traverse directories
+.Pa /usr/local/man
+and
+.Pa $HOME/man Ns .
+Don't create
+.Pa /usr/local/man/whatis
+or
+.Pa $HOME/man/whatis Ns .
+.Pp
+.Ic makewhatis -name windex $HOME/man
+.Pp
+Create whatis database
+.Pa windex
+instead of
+.Pa whatis Ns .
+May be useful for Solaris.
+
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwdxx -compact
+.It Pa */man/whatis
+whatis database
+.It Pa /etc/weekly
+run
+.Nm
+every week
+.El
+
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr whatis 1 ,
+.Xr apropos 1 ,
+.Xr manpath 1 ,
+.Xr catman 1 .
+
+.Sh HISTORY
+This
+.Nm
+command appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.
+
+.Sh AUTHOR
+Wolfram Schneider
+.Aq wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de ,
+Germany

gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/makewhatis.perl

@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ sub usage {
     warn <<EOF;
 usage: makewhatis [-verbose] [-help] [-format colum] [-name name]
                   [-outfile file] directory [...]	      
-
--verbose           Verbose output
--format colum      Format output. Default $format
--help              This help.
--outfile file      Write all output to file.
--name name	   Use name instead ``$whatis_name''		   
-directory          A ``*/man'' directory.  Treats colons as spaces,
-                   hence ``makewhatis \$MANPATH'' is allowed.
 EOF
 
     exit 1;