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List:       util-linux-ng
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 01/16] whereis: tell when mandatory option is missing
From:       Karel Zak <kzak () redhat ! com>
Date:       2015-02-24 9:40:07
Message-ID: 20150224094007.GE19430 () ws ! net ! home
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 02:41:31PM +0000, Sami Kerola wrote:
>  misc-utils/whereis.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

 Benno is right, see construct_dirlist_from_argv(), the dir list is
 terminated by arbitrary option, it checks for '-'.

 The expected use-case is "<dirlist> <search-restriction> <pattern>",
 for example:

    whereis -M /usr/share/man/man1 -m ls

  Karel

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