CATMAN(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures CATMAN(8)

NAME

catman - generate whatis database files

SYNOPSIS

catman [-M path] [-w]

DESCRIPTION

The catman utility generates a set of whatis database files suitable
for use with apropos(1) and whatis(1). It is supplied for
compatibility reasons. The same databases can be generated using the
-w option with man(1), and that command should be used instead.

OPTIONS

-M path
Generate the whatis database files within the specified colon
separated manual paths. Overrides the MANPATH environment
variable.

-w This option is present for backwards compatibility, and is
ignored.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables affect the execution of catman:

MANPATH Used to specify a colon separated list of manual paths
within which to generate whatis database files.

EXIT STATUS

The catman utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

INTERFACE STABILITY

Obsolete Committed.

CODE SET INDEPENDENCE

Enabled.

SEE ALSO

apropos(1), man(1), whatis(1)

illumos April 9, 2016 illumos