       
 Usage: 

    whatis <substring>

 The 'whatis' command searches the archie Software Description database
 for the given substring, with case being ignored. This database consists
 of names and short descriptions of many of the software packages,
 documents (like RFCs and educational material) and datafiles that are
 stored on the Internet. 

 Example:

    whatis uucp 

 in part gives as a result:


 RFC 976                 Horton, M.R. UUCP mail interchange format
                         standard. 1986 February; 12 p.
 cu-shar                 Allows kermit, cu, and UUCP to all share the
                         same lines
 detm-unbatch            Cleans up TM files left in the UUCP spool
                         directory by the news batching software
 fido-usenet-gw          Implement a gateway between UUCP/Usenet/Mail
                         and Fidonet
 findpath.sh             UUCP Pathfinder
 logfile-stats           UUCP LOGFILE analyzer
 mapstats                UUCP map statistics program
 nmail                   Do UUCP mail routing using the output of the
                         pathalias(1) program


 We welcome and encourage additions and corrections to this database and
 depend on the archie user community to keep it uptodate. To make your
 contribution to this database, mail to


		archie-admin@bunyip.com

 For new additions, please keep the description to 25 words or less.

