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DougCM 01-17-2011 07:40 PM
How do you update the whatis And whereis databases?
 
whatis --what??

Tinkster 01-17-2011 08:15 PM
makewhatis in slackware; your mileage may vary.


whereis, to the best of my knowledge, doesn't use a database.

frankbell 01-17-2011 08:19 PM
See man whatis and man whereis.

About dot com says

The whatis database is created using the command /usr/sbin/makewhatis.

Whereis seems to be simply a search function.


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