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Date:      Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:25:49 +0100
From:      Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
To:        Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: apropos - how is it maintained?
Message-ID:  <20051201152549.5e907a5c@T51.local>
In-Reply-To: <200511301851.06615.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
References:  <200511301851.06615.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>

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Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote:

> I had some difficulty in trying to trace a command that would give me
> a list of loaded devices.
>=20
> I tried apropos and that did not help much.
>=20
> So this raised in my mind the question - how  is apropos maintained?
>=20
> Then I thought some more and wondered if a "better" tool could be
> devised.
>=20
> So I have got even more interested in the question - "How is apropos=20
> maintained?".It might tie in with some of the ideas I am pursuing on
> the use of XML to build a tool for facilitating some aspects of
> system maintenance.

less /usr/bin/apropos
man apropos
man makewhatis

Fabian
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http://www.fabiankeil.de/

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