Command: apropos
APROPOS displays descriptions of programs based on the Appinfo
(.LSM) files.
Use APROPOS to find programs that are apropriate for the given
subject.
Use WHATIS with a program name to get a one line description of that
program.
Use WHATIS without a program name to get a one line description of
all the external programs and utilities in your FreeDOS installation.
Internal commands (commands of command.com) are not displayed.
Syntax:
APROPOS [options] subject
Find commands related to the given subject
WHATIS [options] [command]
Displays a one-line description of the given command.
If no command is specified, all commands and their
one-line descriptions are listed
WHATIS /B [options]
Rebuilds the whatis database for use with WHATIS and APROPOS
Options:
/S [path] Non-default path to the lsm appinfo files.
/D [path] Non-default path for whatis database location.
/? Shows the help.
Comments:
These are FreeDOS clones of the GNU/Linux commands "apropos and
whatis". APROPOS and WHATIS base their help on the lsm files
stored in the APPINFO directory.
They are parts of FASTHELP/ FDHELP /FSUITE /FSUITE04.
The first time it is run, APROPOS / WHATIS builds a database and
stores it in the help directory in the FreeDOS installation. This
database can be recreated by using:
WHATIS /B
Examples:
apropos edit Will display a list of editors.
apropos disk Will display a list of disk utilities.
whatis edit Will display a short information about edit.
whatis Will display a short information about the DOS commands.
See also:
amb
ambhelp
ambpack
fasthelp/fdhelp/fsuite/fsuite04
help/htmlhelp
How to use the Help
Newbies01
Newbies02
whatis
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2007, 2020 and 2022
by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
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