apropos
Displays command summary information
Applicability
Product |
Command type |
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VersionVault |
cleartool subcommand |
MultiSite |
multitool subcommand |
Platform |
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UNIX® |
Linux® |
Synopsis
- Extract information from the whatis file:
- apr/opos topic ...
Description
This command does not require a product license.
The apropos command extracts information from the product-specific whatis file in versionvault-home-dir/doc/man/. Use apropos as you use the UNIX® or Linux® whatis(1) or apropos(1) command.
Restrictions
None.
Options and arguments
- Default
- A lookup is performed in the whatis file.
- topic ...
- apropos makes a separate search for each topic character string in the standard whatis file. The string can occur anywhere within the line.
Examples
- Search for lines with the string reserve in
the whatis file.
cleartool apropos reserve
reserve Convert an unreserved checkout to reserved
unreserve Change a reserved checkout to unreserved - Search for lines with the string epoch in
the MultiSite whatis file.
multitool apropos epoch
chepoch change epoch information
lsepoch display epoch information
Files
- versionvault-home-dir/doc/man/cc_whatis
- versionvault-home-dir/doc/man/ms_whatis