whatis(4)

whatis -- keyword database

Synopsis

name (section) - description

Description

The keyword databases, located in /usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man/.SectionData/whatis/section, are created using makewhatis(1M). These are merged into a master keyword database, located in /usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man/whatis and used by man(1), apropos(1bsd), and whatis(1bsd).

Each entry in whatis consists of a line specifying a manual page name, its section, and a short description. For example, the entry for this manual page is:

   whatis (4)   - keyword database

Files

/usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man: root of the standard manual page directory subtree (/usr/lib/scohelp/en_US.ISO8859-1/man is linked to /usr/man for compatibility with SCO OpenServer)
/usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man/.SectionData/whatis/section: individual section keyword databases
/usr/lib/scohelp/LANG/man/whatis: master merged keyword database used by man(1), apropos(1bsd), and whatis(1bsd).

References

apropos(1bsd), makewhatis(1M), man(1), whatis(1bsd)