4.0 man -k not scanning all whatis files
Paul O'Neill
pvo1478 at oce.orst.edu
Tue May 9 19:43:14 AEST 1989
A workaround: Just append all the whatis files together.
__________ TESTED __________
cd /usr/local/man
[ rm whatis ] ( if it's a link to /usr/share/man/whatis )
[ catman -w -M /usr/local/man ] ( make local's own whatis )
cp -ip /usr/share/man/whatis /usr/share/man/whatis- ( in case you blow it )
cat whatis >> /usr/share/man/whatis ( append to standard whatis )
mv whatis whatis- ( keep a copy )
ln -s /usr/share/man/whatis whatis ( link to standard whatis )
__________ UNTESTED __________
If you do "catman -w" regularily from a cron job, look at modifying
/usr/lib/makewhatis to append them all together. Remove and touch
/usr/share/man/whatis first. (Cron job 1 minute earlier?) Make all
other whatis's links to /usr/share/man/whatis. Change "> whatis" to
">> whatis" in /usr/lib/makewhatis.
Paul O'Neill pvo at oce.orst.edu
Coastal Imaging Lab
OSU--Oceanography
Corvallis, OR 97331 503-754-3251
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