On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 19:29:11 -0800, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: >Somehow I have an unstable installation where apropos doesn't do a damn >thing: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var$ apropos ls >ls: nothing appropriate. >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var$ apropos apropos >apropos: nothing appropriate. >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var$ ls /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz >/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var$ mkwhatis >bash: mkwhatis: command not found > >How do I get it to work? > >-jwb
apropos uses an index that mandb creates or updates. Check the man pages for the info. Maybe your index is out of whack. Of course this could all be wrong. ;^} gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
