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25.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/makewhatis.local/makewhatis.local.8 323550 2017-09-13 16:35:16Z gordon $
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27.Dd April 21, 2019
28.Dt MAKEWHATIS.LOCAL 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm makewhatis.local
32.Nd start makewhatis for local file systems
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm /usr/libexec/makewhatis.local
35.Op options
36.Ar directories ...
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40utility starts
41.Xr makewhatis 8
42only for file systems physically mounted on the system
43where
44.Nm
45is being executed.
46Running
47.Xr makewhatis 8
48by
49.Pa periodic weekly
50for rw nfs-mounted /usr may kill
51your NFS server -- all NFS clients start makewhatis at the same time!
52So use this wrapper for
53.Xr cron 8
54instead of calling makewhatis directly.
55.Sh FILES
56.Bl -tag -width /etc/periodic/weekly/320.whatis.XXX -compact
57.It Pa /etc/periodic/weekly/320.whatis
58run
59.Nm
60every week
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr find 1 ,
64.Xr cron 8 ,
65.Xr makewhatis 8 ,
66.Xr periodic 8
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm
70utility appeared in
71.Fx 2.2 .
72