whatis(1)		     General Commands Manual		       whatis(1)

NAME
     whatis - search the whatis database for complete words.

SYNOPSIS
     whatis keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
     whatis  searches  a  set of database files containing short descriptions of
     system commands for keywords and displays the result on the  standard  out-
     put.  Only complete word matches are displayed.

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

AUTHOR
     John  W.  Eaton was the original author of man.  Zeyd M. Ben-Halim released
     man 1.2, and Andries Brouwer followed up with versions 1.3 thru 1.5p.  Fed-
     erico Lucifredi <flucifredi@acm.org> is the current maintainer.

SEE ALSO
     apropos(1), man(1).

			       September 19, 2005		       whatis(1)