WHEREIS(1B) BSD Compatibility Package Commands WHEREIS(1B)

NAME

whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a
command

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/whereis [-bmsu] [-BMS directory... -f] filename...

DESCRIPTION

The whereis utility locates source/binary and manuals sections for
specified files. The supplied names are first stripped of leading
pathname components and any (single) trailing extension of the form
.ext, for example, .c. Prefixes of s. resulting from use of source
code control are also dealt with. whereis then attempts to locate the
desired program in a list of standard places:

etc
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/ccs/bin
/usr/ccs/lib
/usr/lang
/usr/lbin
/usr/lib
/usr/sbin
/usr/ucb
/usr/ucblib
/usr/ucbinclude
/usr/games
/usr/local
/usr/local/bin
/usr/new
/usr/old
/usr/hosts
/usr/include
/usr/etc

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-b
Searches only for binaries.


-B
Changes or otherwise limits the places where whereis searches
for binaries.


-f
Terminates the last directory list and signals the start of
file names, and must be used when any of the -B, -M, or -S
options are used.


-m
Searches only for manual sections.


-M
Changes or otherwise limits the places where whereis searches
for manual sections.


-s
Searches only for sources.


-S
Changes or otherwise limit the places where whereis searches
for sources.


-u
Searches for unusual entries. A file is said to be unusual if
it does not have one entry of each requested type. Thus
`whereis -m -u *' asks for those files in the current directory
which have no documentation.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Finding files

Find all files in /usr/bin which are not documented in
/usr/share/man/man1 with source in /usr/src/cmd:


example% cd /usr/ucb
example% whereis -u -M /usr/share/man/man1 -S /usr/src/cmd -f *

FILES

o /usr/src/*

o /usr/{doc,man}/*

o /etc, /usr/{lib,bin,ucb,old,new,local}

SEE ALSO

chdir(2), attributes(7)

BUGS

Since whereis uses chdir(2) to run faster, pathnames given with the
-M, -S, or -B must be full; that is, they must begin with a `/'.

January 10, 2000 WHEREIS(1B)