From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 26 13:59:17 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA11062 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 13:59:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from wakko.gil.net (keithl@wakko.gil.net [207.100.79.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA11056 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 13:59:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (keithl@localhost) by wakko.gil.net (8.8.3/8.8.2) with SMTP id RAA03751 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 17:01:24 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 17:01:24 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Leonard To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: whatis?? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Howdy, I'm attempting to use the 'whatis' command and no matter what I type in I get: "...- nothing appropriate" even on things like 'bash' 'csh' 'vi' What am I doing wrong - I can't find man pages on whatis or makewhatis I'm using 2.1.5-new installation from WC cdrom/ TIA Keith keithl@gil.net ------------------------------------------------------ Character is what you are in the dark - John Warfin ------------------------------------------------------