76 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
76 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: whereis.1,v 1.12 2001/12/01 16:43:27 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)whereis.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/27/95
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.\"
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.Dd April 27, 1995
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.Dt WHEREIS 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm whereis
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.Nd locate programs
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl p
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.Ar program
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.Op Ar program ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility checks the standard binary directories for the specified programs,
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printing out the paths of any it finds.
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.Pp
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The default path searched is the string returned by the
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.Xr sysctl 8
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utility for the
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.Dq user.cs_path
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string.
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If the
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.Op Fl p
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option is specified, then the value of the environment
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variable
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.Ev PATH
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is used instead.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr which 1 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The historic flags and arguments for the
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.Nm
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utility are no longer available in this version.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 3.0 .
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