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25.\" $FreeBSD$
26.Dd April 26, 1996
27.Dt MAKEWHATIS.LOCAL 8
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm makewhatis.local
31.Nd start makewhatis for local file systems
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm /usr/libexec/makewhatis.local
34.Op options
35.Ar directories ...
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39utility starts
40.Xr makewhatis 1
41only for file systems physically mounted on the system
42where
43.Nm
44is being executed.
45Running makewhatis
46by
47.Pa periodic weekly
48for rw nfs-mounted /usr may kill
49your NFS server -- all NFS clients start makewhatis at the same time!
50So use this wrapper for
51.Xr cron 8
52instead of calling makewhatis directly.
53.Sh FILES
54.Bl -tag -width /etc/periodic/weekly/320.whatis.XXX -compact
55.It Pa /etc/periodic/weekly/320.whatis
56run
57.Nm
58every week
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr find 1 ,
62.Xr makewhatis 1 ,
63.Xr cron 8 ,
64.Xr periodic 8
65.Sh HISTORY
66The
67.Nm
68utility appeared in
69.Fx 2.2 .
70