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diff --git a/makewhatis.1 b/makewhatis.1 index ba2a0ed5..68332858 100644 --- a/makewhatis.1 +++ b/makewhatis.1 @@ -146,7 +146,24 @@ A database of indexed file-names. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS -.Ex -std +The +.Nm +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact +.It 0 +No errors occurred. +.It 5 +Invalid command line arguments were specified. +No input files have been read. +.It 6 +An operating system error occurred, for example memory exhaustion or an +error accessing input files. +Such errors cause +.Nm +to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file. +The output databases are corrupt and should be removed . +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mandoc 1 .Sh AUTHORS |