NAME

catman − create the cat files for the manual

SYNOPSIS

/etc/catman [ options ] [ sections ]

DESCRIPTION

Catman creates the preformatted versions of the on-line manual from the nroff input files.  Each manual page is examined.  Pages are recreated if their preformatted version is missing or out of date.  If any changes are made, catman will recreate the /usr/lib/whatis database. 

If there is one parameter which does not start with a minus sign (−), it is taken to be a list of manual sections to look in.  For example, catman 123 will implement the updating only for manual sections 1, 2, and 3. 

OPTIONS

−n Prevents creation of /usr/lib/whatis. 

−p Prints the operation that would be done, rather than performing it. 

−w Creates the /usr/lib/whatis database.  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

SEE ALSO

man(1)

BUGS

Odd behavior at times. 

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  1 August 1985