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RE: documentation for windows

On Monday 2 Jul 01, Michael Erdely writes:
> It may also be worth noting, since you are recommending this for
> newbies, that you have to type "/usr/sbin/makewhatis" to create the
> whatis database for apropos to be useful. ;-)

It makes sense (at least to me) to do this as part of setup, at the
end.

Meanwhile, I'll add this to the FAQ.

Cheers,
David


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