|
| NAVIGATION |
|
Home |
|
Store |
|
|
| INSIDE MAC |
|
Television Shows |
|
Broadcast Shows |
|
Daily News Shows |
|
Special Shows |
|
|
| EVENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DAILY TIPS |
|
Design |
|
Mac OS X |
|
Mac OS X UNIX |
|
|
| COMMUNITY |
|
Forums |
|
Surveys |
|
|
| NEWS |
|
Current |
|
Press |
|
Archive |
|
|
| FEATURES |
|
Editorial |
|
Dr. Mac |
|
Reviews |
|
Reader Reports |
|
|
| RESOURCES |
|
FAQ |
|
Documentation |
|
Learning Center |
|
MAN pages |
|
Glossary |
|
Tutorials |
|
Tips |
|
Links |
|
|
|
|
|
|
whatis [-M path] [-m path] command ...
DESCRIPTION
whatis looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual
page. You can then use the man(1) command to get more information.
The options are as follows:
-M path Override the list of standard directories whatis searches for
its database named ``whatis.db''. The supplied path must be a
colon ``:'' separated list of directories. This search path
may also be set using the environment variable MANPATH.
-m path Augment the list of standard directories whatis searches for
its database named ``whatis.db''. The supplied path must be a
colon ``:'' separated list of directories. These directories
will be searched before the standard directories or the di-
rectories supplied with the -M option or the MANPATH environ-
ment variable are searched.
ENVIRONMENT
MANPATH The standard search path used by man(1) may be overridden by
specifying a path in the MANPATH environment variable.
FILES
whatis.db name of the whatis database
SEE ALSO
apropos(1), man(1), whereis(1), makewhatis(8)
HISTORY
The whatis command appeared in 3.0BSD.
4th Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 1
|
|
 |
 |
 |
Copyright © 2000-2008 Inside Mac Media, Inc. All rights reserved. |
Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of the products or services. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and prospective users. |
| Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, PowerMac G4, PowerMac G5, Xserve, Xserve RAID, PowerBook, iBook, Airport, AirPort Extreme, iMac, eMac, iLife, iMovie, iCal, iPhoto, iTunes, QuickTime, FireWire, iPod, iSight, AppleWorks, Macintosh, Jaguar, Panther, Mac OS, Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. |
|
