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.

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 FSUITE04 which also contains
  APROPOS.
  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: