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authorSami Kerola2013-03-16 21:12:49 +0100
committerKarel Zak2013-03-19 16:02:32 +0100
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parentwhereis: rewrite most of the command (diff)
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whereis: add search scope listing option
Mostly useful when debugging why the command does, or does not, work. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -91,7 +91,16 @@ be used when any of the
or
.BR \-S
options is used.
-
+.IP "\fB\-l"
+Output list of effective lookup paths the
+.B whereis
+is using. When non of
+.BR \-B ,
+.BR \-M ,
+or
+.BR \-S
+is specified the option will out hard coded paths that the command was
+able to find on system.
.SH EXAMPLE
To find all files in
.B /usr/bin