[olug] Unix Tip: MAPPING MAN

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MAPPING MAN 

In Solaris, indexing the 
man pages:

1. Set your MANPATH variable 
to include all your man pages 
to be indexed:

 Eg.  #> MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/dt/man:/opt/VRTSvxvm/man; export MANPATH


2. Use catman command to index 
the man pages:

#> catman -w

Now you can use 'whatis' command 
to know what a command does and 
'man -k' commands to search for 
a keyword in man pages.


This tip generously supported by: MohanGullipalli at firstusa.com


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