Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.27+, H06.04+)

Administrator Commands and Files merge_whatis(8)
MANPATH_entry operand when that operand is used.
The values used for fragment must not include an asterisk (*).
NOTES
Any existing whatis file is saved as whatis_old.
DIAGNOSTICS
The merge_whatis command issues the following error messages to the standard output file:
Usage: merge_whatis [ MANPATH_entry ]
Too many operands were specified.
Check for extra blanks in the input line and reenter the command.
MANPATH_entry does not exist.
The pathname specified as the MANPATH_entry operand cannot be found.
Check the specified pathname for typographical errors and reenter the command.
Do not use . or ..in the specified pathname.
EXIT VALUES
If too many operands are specified, or if a specified pathname does not exist, the merge_whatis
command fails and returns a nonzero value.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: apropos(1), man(1), whatis(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
This utility is an HP extension to the XPG4 Version 2 specification.
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