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@xxxxxx> --- misc-utils/whereis.1 | 31 +++++++++++++++++-------------- misc-utils/whereis.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/whereis.1 b/misc-utils/whereis.1 index 9b33999..4ce7a07 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 diff --git a/misc-utils/whereis.c b/misc-utils/whereis.c index e3cfb5f..3fad843 100644 --- a/misc-utils/whereis.c +++ b/misc-utils/whereis.c @@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) construct_list(dirlist, BIN_DIR, bindirs); environ_list("PATH", dirlist, BIN_DIR); construct_list(dirlist, MAN_DIR, mandirs); + environ_list("MANPATH", dirlist, MAN_DIR); construct_list(dirlist, SRC_DIR, srcdirs); do -- 1.8.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
