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authorjohan <johan@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-22 01:50:51 +0000
committerjohan <johan@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-22 01:50:51 +0000
commit28c233cdd044efe1e619c9926701a4dd2c760879 (patch)
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Add the -a option to report all matches instead of only the
first of each requested type. Approved by: joerg, sheldonh (mentor)
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whereis/whereis.1 b/usr.bin/whereis/whereis.1
index 12b9b98..b1f8b95 100644
--- a/usr.bin/whereis/whereis.1
+++ b/usr.bin/whereis/whereis.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 11, 2002
+.Dd August 18, 2002
.Dt WHEREIS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
.Nd locate programs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl bmqsux
+.Op Fl abmqsux
.Op Fl BMS Ar dir Ar ... Fl f
.Ar program ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ option.
Specify directories to search for program sources. Requires the
.Fl f
option.
+.It Fl a
+Report all matches instead of only the first of each requested type.
.It Fl b
Search for binaries.
.It Fl f
@@ -119,8 +121,8 @@ Search for source directories.
.It Fl u
Search for
.Dq unusual
-entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have one entry
-of each requested type.
+entries. A file is said to be unusual if it does not have at least
+one entry of each requested type.
Only the name of the unusual entry is printed.
.It Fl x
Do not use
@@ -174,3 +176,9 @@ It is believed to be compatible with the version that was shipping with
through
.Fx 4.5
though.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility can report some unrelated source entries when the
+.Fl a
+option is specified.
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