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47 .Op Fl BMS dir ... Fl f
52 utility checks the standard binary, manual page, and source
53 directories for the specified programs, printing out the paths of any
54 it finds. The supplied names are first stripped of leading path name
55 components, any single trailing extension added by
63 from a source code control system.
65 The default path searched is the string returned by the
71 and the current user's
73 appended. Manual pages are searched by default along the
75 Program sources are located in a list of known standard places,
76 including all the subdirectories of
81 The following options are available:
82 .Bl -tag -width indent
84 Specify directories to search for binaries. Requires the
88 Specify directories to search for manual pages. Requires the
92 Specify directories to search for program sources. Requires the
98 Delimits the list of directories after the
103 options, and indicates the beginning of the
107 Search for manual pages.
109 Search for source directories.
113 entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have one entry
114 of each requested type.
117 The following finds all utilities under
119 that do not have documentation:
120 .Dl whereis -m -u /usr/bin/*
128 The search for sources is implemented as a quick search as the
129 first-level subdirectory of each element of the list of source
130 directories first. If this didn't succeed, the utility
132 is requested to do the search in deeper nested subdirectories. This
133 might take some time, and will only succeed if the locate database is
140 This version re-implements the historical
141 functionality that was lost in