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32.Dd August 17, 2011
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 "int db_flag"
42.Ft void
43.Fn close_db "sqlite3 *db"
44.Ft int
45.Fn run_query "sqlite3 *db" "const char *snippet_args[3]" "query_args *args"
46.Ft int
47.Fn run_query_html "sqlite3 *db" "query_args *args"
48.Ft int
49.Fn run_query_pager "sqlite3 *db" "query_args *args"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51These functions all live in the
52.Pa apropos-utils.h
53header file.
54They operate on
55.Pa /var/db/man.db
56which is an Sqlite database containing a full text search index of the manual
57pages.
58The functions provide an easy to use interface to query the database and
59develop applications on top of it.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr close_db 3 ,
62.Xr init_db 3 ,
63.Xr run_query 3 ,
64.Xr run_query_html 3 ,
65.Xr run_query_pager 3
66.Sh AUTHORS
67.An Abhinav Upadhyay
68