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32.Dd May 23, 2016
33.Dt APROPOS-UTILS 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm apropos-utils
37.Nd support functions for querying the man page index
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In apropos-utils.h
40.Ft sqlite3 *
41.Fn init_db "mandb_access_mode db_flag" "const char * manconf"
42.Ft void
43.Fn close_db "sqlite3 *db"
44.Ft int
45.Fn run_query "sqlite3 *db" "query_format fmt" "query_args *args"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47These functions all live in the
48.Pa apropos-utils.h
49header file.
50They operate on
51.Pa /var/db/man.db
52which is an Sqlite database containing a full text search index of the manual
53pages.
54The functions provide an easy to use interface to query the database and
55develop applications on top of it.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr close_db 3 ,
58.Xr init_db 3 ,
59.Xr run_query 3
60.Sh AUTHORS
61.An Abhinav Upadhyay
62