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| author | Sami Kerola | 2013-03-16 22:05:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2013-03-19 16:09:38 +0100 |
| commit | ccec32a121c717bbb7909d4db4095e67cfcf6e4f (patch) | |
| tree | ea55f2b89b13d2e5ab50e2cf80970c28cf14363f /misc-utils/whereis.1 | |
| parent | whereis: align with howto-usage-function.txt (diff) | |
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whereis: support MANPATH environment variable
The MANPATH has been around long enough that it can be added to whereis
default search path.
Reference: manpath(1)
Addresses: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/envvar.html
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/whereis.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/whereis.1 | 31 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/whereis.1 b/misc-utils/whereis.1 index 9b33999c4..4ce7a0777 100644 --- a/misc-utils/whereis.1 +++ b/misc-utils/whereis.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)whereis.1 from UCB 4.2 -.TH WHEREIS 1 "January 2013" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH WHEREIS 1 "March 2013" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME whereis \- locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -113,21 +113,24 @@ or have no source in .B $ cd /usr/bin .br .B $ whereis \-u \-ms \-M /usr/man/man1 \-S /usr/src \-f * - -.SH FILES +.SH "FILE SEARCH PATHS" +By default .B whereis -contains a basic set of hard-coded paths (see below), but if the -.B \-B -option is not specified, it also follows the +tries to find files from hard-coded paths, which are defined with glob +patterns. The command attempst to use contents of .B $PATH -environment variable (since version 2.21). -.IP -.br -/{bin,sbin,etc} -.br -/usr/{lib,\:bin,\:old,\:new,\:local,\:games,\:include,\:etc,\:src,\:man,\:sbin,\:X386,\:TeX,\:g++-include} -.br -/usr/local/{X386,\:TeX,\:X11,\:include,\:lib,\:man,\:etc,\:bin,\:games,\:emacs} +and +.B $MANPATH +environment variables as default search path. The easiest way to know +what paths are in use is to add +.B \-l +listing option. Effects of the +.BR \-B , +.BR \-M , +and +.BR \-S +are display with +.BR \-l . .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR chdir (2) .SH BUGS |