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SpinDizzy
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Joined: 28 May 2003
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Location: Moss Vale, Australia
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 Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 2:40 pm Post subject: Why is man -k not working? |
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How do I get:
to give me something a little more useful then:
| Code: | | man: nothing appropriate |
Is there something I need set to get this working properly? |
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hensan
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Joined: 26 Jun 2003
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Location: Sweden
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| You need to build the keyword database by running '/usr/sbin/makewhatis' first. Then -k will work. |
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SpinDizzy
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Joined: 28 May 2003
Posts: 63
Location: Moss Vale, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!!! 
I see now that whatis is mentioned in the "See also" section of the man manpage, oh for the days when I had the time to chase through multiple manpages  . |
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DigitalDan
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 18 Nov 2002
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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After being able to use what is how would you access that specific section.
for example | Code: | $man -k glMatrixMode
glMatrixMode (3x) - specify which matrix is the current matrix |
now how do I go about accessing that section 3x?
I've tried | Code: | $man 3
What manual page do you want from section 3?
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But, I always get the what man page do you want. How do you specify a page?
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Genone
Retired Dev
Joined: 14 Mar 2003
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Location: beyond the rim
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | | man 3x glMatrixMode |
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