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Re: 'man' completion vs whatis database

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From: Sven Guckes <guckes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 'man' completion vs whatis database
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:08:17 +0200
In-reply-to: <C1256671.0030F092.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Stephen Riehm on Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 10:57:41AM +0200
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Quoting Stephen Riehm (sr@xxxxxxxxxx):
> for what it's worth, I used to use the whatis database and grep - this
> of course only works as long as your whatis database is up to date.

Why install a whatis database when your shell can give your the same?  ;-)
How much data does a whatis database create?
What's the tradeoff with this, anyway?

Sven

References:
- Re: 'man' completion
  - From: Stephen Riehm

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