Command: whatis

  Displays descriptions of programs based on the Appinfo (.LSM)
  files.
  Use APROPOS to find programs that are appropriate 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.
  Comment:
  The FreeDOS distribution uses the PKGINFO command internally instead
  of APROPOS / WHATIS. However, you can use the apropos / whatis commands
  on the command line as usual.

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 short information about edit.
  whatis        Will display short information about the DOS commands.

Command: whatis

Syntax:

Options:

Comments:

Examples:

See also: