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Subject: whatis: segmentation fault (core dumped)
From: warelock@netlink.cts.com (Tom Zacharoff)
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 93 18:10:05 PST
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA
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I get the above error message when I try to run the whatis command. A 
file is created called whatis.core or something. I've been told that when 
this happens I need to delete that whatis.core file or bad problems will 
start happening. :(

How can I fix the whatis command?

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