.TH MAKEWHATIS 1.SH NAMEmakewhatis \- build the whatis(5) database.SH SYNOPSIS.B makewhatis.I directory.SH DESCRIPTION.B Makewhatismakes the.BR whatis (5)database in the given manual page directory.  This database is used by.BR man (1)to map titles to manual page names and by.BR whatis (1)to give one line descriptions.  See.BR whatis (5)for a desciption of what a whatis database should look like and therestrictions that are placed on the NAME sections so that.B makewhatiscan make whatis lines out of the manual pages..SH "SEE ALSO".BR whatis (5)..SH BUGSRemoving only font and size changes from the NAME section is often notenough..SH AUTHORKees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)