From 02a9c5ad2769cffcd3a98c3cbfe896960d0e9fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: briggs <briggs@NetBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:29:04 +0000
Subject: Check whatis(1) if we don't find an acronym matching the argument

---
 wtf/wtf   | 11 ++++++++---
 wtf/wtf.6 | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'wtf')

diff --git a/wtf/wtf b/wtf/wtf
index 23ce887d..f810817a 100644
--- a/wtf/wtf
+++ b/wtf/wtf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-#	$NetBSD: wtf,v 1.2 1999/07/22 10:08:17 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: wtf,v 1.3 1999/07/25 20:29:04 briggs Exp $
 #
 # Public domain
 #
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
 	if [ "$ans" != "" ] ; then
 		echo "$target: $ans"
 	else
-		echo "Gee...  I don't know what $1 means..."
-		rv=1
+		ans=`whatis $1 2> /dev/null | egrep "^$1[, ]" 2> /dev/null`
+		if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+			echo "$1: $ans"
+		else
+			echo "Gee...  I don't know what $1 means..."
+			rv=1
+		fi
 	fi
 	shift
 done
diff --git a/wtf/wtf.6 b/wtf/wtf.6
index a33c3aee..e44cc348 100644
--- a/wtf/wtf.6
+++ b/wtf/wtf.6
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.2 1999/07/25 20:02:48 thorpej Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: wtf.6,v 1.3 1999/07/25 20:29:04 briggs Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Public Domain
 .\"
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 The
 .Nm
 utility displays the expansion of the acronyms 
-specified on the command line.
+specified on the command line.  If the acronym is unknown,
+.Nm
+will check to see if the acronym is known by the
+.Xr whatis 1
+command.
 .Pp
 If
 .Dq is
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ to the name of a file in the proper format (acronym[tab]meaning).
 .It Pa /usr/share/misc/acronyms
 default acronym database.
 .El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr whatis 1
 .Sh HISTORY
 .Nm
 first appeared in
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