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Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> I've noticed that the whereis(1) command gives multiple results for |
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> some queries. For instance, "whereis lilo" gives me |
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> kevin@treat ~ $ whatis lilo |
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> lilo (8) - install boot loader |
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> lilo.conf [lilo] (5) - configuration file for lilo |
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> lilo (8) - install boot loader |
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> lilo.conf [lilo] (5) - configuration file for lilo |
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> lilo (8) - install boot loader |
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> lilo.conf [lilo] (5) - configuration file for lilo |
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> kevin@treat ~ $ |
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> I surmise from this that there are multiple copies of the man pages |
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> in various historical hiding places. However, I can't get whereis |
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> or anything else to tell me where it found them. Is there some |
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> neat way to find the locations? I'd like to figure out which ones |
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> correspond to my actual software and to ditch the others. |
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Remove /var/cache/man (I don't have it anymore, so I am not really sure that this is the name) but it is the cause of the multiple entries. |
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Note that you will still have double entries for some pages, as they are POSIX and linux variants. |
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Regards, |
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Marco |
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