DESCRIPTION
The
getNAME utility looks inside manual page sources to find the name of the page. It can be used to create a table of contents, report the style of manual, or to create an introductory manual page. By default,
getNAME returns data for use in an
apropos(1) database.
getNAME is designed to be called from manual grovelling tools, not to be used directly.
Historically, makewhatis(8) used to use getNAME to get manpage names, but that's no longer the case.