catman(8)
Name
catman − create the cat files for the manual
Syntax
/etc/catman [ −p ] [ −n ] [ −w ] [ sections ]
Description
The catman command creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff input files. Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are missing or out of date are recreated. If any changes are made, catman will recreate the /usr/lib/whatis database.
If there is one parameter not starting with a minus sign (−), it is taken to be a list of manual sections to look in. The following example causes updating to occur to manual sections 1, 2, and 3.
catman 123
Options
−n Prevents creations of /usr/lib/whatis.
−p Prints what would be done instead of doing it.
−w Causes only the /usr/lib/whatis database to be created. No manual reformatting is done.
Files
/usr/man/man?/*.*
Raw (nroff input) manual sections
/usr/man/cat?/*.*
Preformatted manual pages
/usr/lib/makewhatis
Commands to make whatis database