Dave Howorth composed on 2021-02-02 22:34 (UTC-0500):
I expect there's some kind of file indexing program behind apropos and man -k and I kill off all such tools as soon as I discover them on principle :) Blood-sucking parasites, hrmpph! :)
# apropos man | grep db ... mandb (8) - create or update the manual page index caches ... # systemctl list-unit-files | grep ndb mandb.service static mandb.timer enabled # systemctl status mandb.service ● mandb.service - Do daily mandb update Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mandb.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2021-02-02 00:00:00 EST; 18h ago Docs: man:mandb(8) man:catman(8) Process: 20355 ExecStart=/usr/lib/man-db/do_mandb (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 20355 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) # systemctl status mandb.timer ● mandb.timer - Do daily mandb update Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mandb.timer; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (waiting) since Fri 2021-01-01 05:15:52 EST; 1 months 2 days ago Trigger: Wed 2021-02-03 00:00:00 EST; 5h 48min left Docs: man:mandb(8) man:catman(8) -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/