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From: vhansen@ipfy.bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de (Wolfgang von Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: How to make whatis.db
Date: 2 Oct 1994 14:54:30 GMT
Organization: IPF, University of Karlsruhe
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Hello!

I know that this is a beginners question...

How do I remake the whatis.db for the man pages? There's a makewhatis.sed
available but I don't know how to start it correctly. Though the script is
very short it's also cryptic :-(

Wolfgang
-- 
vhansen@ipf.bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de | Gurus use `cat >a.out' instead of gcc
float o=0.075,h=1.5,T,r,O,l,I;int _,L=80,s=3200;main(){for(;s%L||
(h-=o,T= -2),s;4 -(r=O*O)<(l=I*I)|++ _==L&&putchar(*((--s%L?_<L?--_
%6:6:7)+"World! \n"))&&(O=I=l=_=r=0,T+=o /2))O=I*2*O+h,I=l+T-r;}