apropos

Displays command summary information

Applicability

Product

Command type

VersionVault

cleartool subcommand

MultiSite

multitool subcommand

Platform

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