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| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/look.1 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/look.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/look.1 b/misc-utils/look.1 index 503e38584..cca83416e 100644 --- a/misc-utils/look.1 +++ b/misc-utils/look.1 @@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ sort -d /etc/passwd -o /tmp/look.dict look -t: root:foobar /tmp/look.dict .nf .RE +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +.B WORDLIST +Path to a dictionary file. The environment variable has greater priority +than the dictionary path defined in FILES segment. .SH FILES .IP "\fB/usr/share/dict/words\fR" 4 the dictionary diff --git a/misc-utils/look.c b/misc-utils/look.c index 60fbbbfca..d2699bfdd 100644 --- a/misc-utils/look.c +++ b/misc-utils/look.c @@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); - file = _PATH_WORDS; + if ((file = getenv("WORDLIST")) && !access(file, R_OK)) + /* use the WORDLIST */; + else + file = _PATH_WORDS; + termchar = '\0'; string = NULL; /* just for gcc */ |