Re: (wandering off-topic) Re: How to use :help?

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 07:42:33AM +0300, Gevisz wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:01:01 +1000 Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> > On 16.09.15 11:28, Gevisz wrote:
> > > Just looked in 'man apropos' and tried 'apropos mount'
> > >
> > > It does not work. Can you, please, provide an example.
> >
> > The "apropos" command is the same as "man -k".
> > Here, both give 27 hits for "mount".
> > You'll need to diagnose the problem at your end.
>
> $ apropos mount
> mount: nothing appropriate
>
> $ which apropos
> /usr/bin/apropos
>
> $ which man
> /usr/bin/man
>
> $ man -k mount
> mount: nothing appropriate
>
> The last is really strange as I used this command before (but not in Gentoo).
>
> Thank you for explanation.

For posterity's sake,

apropos(1), man -k and whatis(1) all consult the `whatis' database.
You may create this database with the makewhatis(1) command.

On Gentoo these are all a part of the sys-apps/man package.

Cheers
--
Erik Falor
Registered Linux User #445632 http://unnovative.net

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