Hi Scot L. Harris and Warren Sturm, > > I'm using FC3. I tried to issue these commands below at terminal > > window: > > [yunus@localhost ] whatis ls > > bash: ls nothing apropriate <<== i always get this > > message > > and > > [yunus@localhost ] apropos browser > > bash: browser nothing apropriate <<== i always get this > > message > > > > Could anyone help me with this problem? > Most likely you need to run /usr/sbin/makewhatis. > > This will create the database those commands use to search. > .... > > You may need to run makewhatis first. There should also be a cron job > that runs this weekly (/etc/cron.weekly/makewhatis.cron). Perhaps it is > failing for some reason. On my FC3, 'makewhatis' command located on '/usr/bin/'. After executing '/usr/bin/makewhatis', 'whatis' and 'apropos' command work now... Thanks a lot Scot L. Harris and Warren Sturm! Best Regards, yunus
