Cygwin FAQ is out of date: makewhatis is no longer used

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Sep  7 11:07, Brian Inglis wrote:
> 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).

Thanks!


Corinna

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