catman(8)
NAME
catman − create the cat files for the manual
SYNTAX
/etc/catman [ −p ] [ −n ] [ −w ] [ sections ]
DESCRIPTION
The catman command creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff input files. Each manual page is examined and those whose preformatted versions are missing or out of date are recreated. If any changes are made, catman will recreate the /usr/lib/whatis database.
If there is one parameter not starting with a ‘−’, it is taken to be a list of manual sections to look in. For example,
catman 123
will cause the updating to only happen to manual sections 1, 2, and 3.
OPTIONS
−n prevents creations of /usr/lib/whatis.
−p prints what would be done instead of doing it.
−w causes only the /usr/lib/whatis database to be created. No manual reformatting is done.
FILES
/usr/man/man?/*.*raw (nroff input) manual sections
/usr/man/cat?/*.*preformatted manual pages
/usr/lib/makewhatiscommands to make whatis database