whatis and apropos don't work (solved and close)
Yunus
yunus at cdl.co.id
Fri Dec 16 08:23:49 UTC 2005
Hi Scot L. Harris and Warren Sturm,
> > I'm using FC3. I tried to issue these commands below at terminal
> > window:
> > [yunus at localhost ] whatis ls
> > bash: ls nothing apropriate <<== i always get this
> > message
> > and
> > [yunus at localhost ] apropos browser
> > bash: browser nothing apropriate <<== i always get this
> > message
> >
> > Could anyone help me with this problem?
> Most likely you need to run /usr/sbin/makewhatis.
>
> This will create the database those commands use to search.
> ....
>
> You may need to run makewhatis first. There should also be a cron job
> that runs this weekly (/etc/cron.weekly/makewhatis.cron). Perhaps it is
> failing for some reason.
On my FC3, 'makewhatis' command located on '/usr/bin/'.
After executing '/usr/bin/makewhatis', 'whatis' and 'apropos' command work
now...
Thanks a lot Scot L. Harris and Warren Sturm!
Best Regards,
yunus
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