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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 5 2020 $ | .Dd $Mdocdate: July 18, 2020 $ | ||||
.Dt MAKEWHATIS 8 | .Dt MAKEWHATIS 8 | ||||
.Os | .Os | ||||
.Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | ||||
.Nm makewhatis | .Nm makewhatis | ||||
.Nd index UNIX manuals | .Nd index UNIX manuals | ||||
.Sh SYNOPSIS | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
.Op Fl aDnpQ | .Op Fl aDnpQ | ||||
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.Fl u | .Fl u | ||||
in | in | ||||
.Ox 3.4 ; | .Ox 3.4 ; | ||||
and the options | and the options | ||||
.Fl aCDnQT | .Fl aCDnQT | ||||
in | in | ||||
.Ox 5.6 . | .Ox 5.6 . | ||||
.Pp | .Pp | ||||
The | This version of the | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
utility appeared in | utility was integrated into | ||||
karels: I am highly skeptical that there was no makewhatis in 1.0 if it was in BSD before that. I… | |||||
.Fx 2.1 . | |||||
Since | |||||
.Fx 11.1 | .Fx 11.1 | ||||
Done Inline ActionsDid we really have apropos but not makewhatis in 1.0? Not that it really matters, like above I think we could just omit this. emaste: Did we really have apropos but not makewhatis in 1.0? Not that it really matters, like above I… | |||||
Done Inline ActionsI used man.freebsd.org to determine the first appearance of 'makewhatis'. gbe: I used man.freebsd.org to determine the first appearance of 'makewhatis'. | |||||
it is based on the mandoc implementation. | as part of the switch to mandoc. | ||||
.Sh AUTHORS | .Sh AUTHORS | ||||
.An -nosplit | .An -nosplit | ||||
.An Bill Joy | .An Bill Joy | ||||
wrote the original | wrote the original | ||||
.Bx | .Bx | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
in February 1979, | in February 1979, | ||||
.An Marc Espie | .An Marc Espie | ||||
started the Perl version in 2000, | started the Perl version in 2000, | ||||
and the current version of | and the current version of | ||||
.Nm | .Nm | ||||
was written by | was written by | ||||
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv | .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv | ||||
and | and | ||||
.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . | .An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . |
I am highly skeptical that there was no makewhatis in 1.0 if it was in BSD before that. I don't think this sentence adds any useful information. I would omit it, as emaste suggested.