man -k <word> : nothing appropriate

Alex Vinokur alexvn@connect.to
Sun Oct 19 11:47:00 GMT 2003


"Christopher Faylor" <cgf-rcm@cygwin.com> wrote in message news:20031019052831.GA9018@redhat.com...
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 07:23:30AM +0200, Alex Vinokur wrote:
> >
> >"Corinna Vinschen" <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote in message news:20031018165629.GA25076@cygbert.vinschen.de...
> >[snip]
> >>
> >> man makewhatis
> >>
> >
> >$ makewhatis
> >bash: makewhatis: command not found
> >
> >
> >$ which -a makewhatis
> >makewhatis: Command not found.
>
> $ find / -name makewhatis
> /usr/sbin/makewhatis
>

makewhatis works fine,
apropos works fine.

Thanks,
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   Alex Vinokur
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