Mostly useful when debugging why the command does, or does not, work.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
---
misc-utils/whereis.1 | 11 ++++++++++-
misc-utils/whereis.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/misc-utils/whereis.1 b/misc-utils/whereis.1
index 86e6a39..9b33999 100644
--- a/misc-utils/whereis.1
+++ b/misc-utils/whereis.1
@@ -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
diff --git a/misc-utils/whereis.c b/misc-utils/whereis.c
index eeec976..f579e29 100644
--- a/misc-utils/whereis.c
+++ b/misc-utils/whereis.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
" -s search only for sources\n"
" -S <dirs> define sources lookup path\n"
" -u search for unusual entries\n"
+ " -l output effective lookup paths\n"
" -V output version information and exit\n"
" -h display this help and exit\n\n"), out);
@@ -387,6 +388,29 @@ static void lookup(char *argv, struct is_here *dirlist, int flags)
return;
}
+static void list_search_dir(struct is_here *dirlist)
+{
+ while (dirlist) {
+ if (dirlist->path != NULL) {
+ switch (dirlist->type) {
+ case BIN_DIR:
+ printf("bin: ");
+ break;
+ case MAN_DIR:
+ printf("man: ");
+ break;
+ case SRC_DIR:
+ printf("src: ");
+ break;
+ default:
+ abort();
+ }
+ printf("%s\n", dirlist->path);
+ }
+ dirlist = dirlist->next;
+ }
+}
+
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct is_here *dirlist;
@@ -456,6 +480,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
flags |= SRC_BIT;
continue;
+ case 'l':
+ list_search_dir(dirlist);
+ continue;
+
case 'V':
printf(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
--
1.8.2
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