Howto Read the Fine Manual

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Howto Read the Fine Manual
\ Florian Philipp (22 May 2007)
. \ Dan Farrell (22 May 2007)
. \ Bo Ørsted Andresen (22 May 2007)
. . \ Florian Philipp (23 May 2007)

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Subject:	Howto Read the Fine Manual
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Florian Philipp
Date:	22 May 2007

Hi!

This question is so basic it's nearly embarrassing to ask...

Why doesn't apropos or man -k find anything?

For example:
# man -k man
man: nothing appropriate

Thanks in advance

Florian Philipp