Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used

[Brian Inglis]

Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:

> 
> On Sep  4 17:04, Selden E Ball Jr wrote:
> > It would be greatly appreciated if whoever maintains the FAQ could
> > update it to refer to mandb instead of makewhatis
> 
> Please suggest a new text.

4.14. Why doesn't man -k, apropos or whatis work?

Before you can use man -k, apropos or whatis, you must create the man
database. Just run the command

	mandb

(it may take a few minutes to complete).


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