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mandb -
mandb
       [-dqsuc|-h|-V] [manpath]


mandb
       index

       man

        man-db

       index

       mandb
        ROFF  .so whatis

       mandb

        man-db
        `global'


mandb

       --------------------------------------------
       Berkeley db                 index.bt
       GNU gdbm v >= 1.6           index.db
       GNU gdbm v <  1.6           index.db
       UNIX ndbm                   index.(dir|pag)

       mandb

       -c

       -d, --debug

       -q, --quiet

       -s, --no-straycats
              stray cat (:  (cat) roff  cat )

       -c, --create

              mandb

              mandb

       -u, --user-db
               `global'

       -h, --help

       -V, --version

       <filename>: whatis page(sec)
              <filename>  whatis

               man-db  whatis

       <filename>:
              <filename>
               <filename>

       <filename>: ROFF `.so'
              <filename>  ROFF

       <filename>:
              <filename>

               <x>
               <y>

       <filename_mask>:
               <filename_mask>

       /etc/manpath.config
              man-db

       /usr/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               global

       /var/catman/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FSSTND ) global

       /var/cache/man/index.(bt|db|dir|pag)
               (FHS ) global

man(1),
       manpath(5), catman(8)


Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk).
       Fabrizio Polacco (fpolacco@debian.org).