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Re: where can I find man page section 2 ?


Hi,

To forestall another likely stumbling block, for "man -k" or "apropos" to 
work, you must build the "whatis" database by running the "makewhatis" 
command. Note, too, that this database must be rebuilt as man pages are 
added or the synopsis section of existing ones change.

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 00:35 2002-03-21, Milton Calnek wrote:

>man 2 command
>
>And you only need to specify the section if the topic is listed in 
>multiple sections ie: write.
>
>FWIW: you could have read this in the "man" man page. ie: man man
>
>And you may find man -k  (aka apropos) useful too.
>
>
>Good luck.
>
>In message <a7dcqm$rdn$1@main.gmane.org>, "morkil" writes:
> > I've used debian packages (they're in tar.gz format).
> >
> > --
> > morkil


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