On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 06:43:15PM -0700, Penguin Lover Kevin O'Gorman squawked:
> I've noticed that the whereis(1) command gives multiple results for
> some queries. For instance, "whereis lilo" gives me
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ whatis lilo
> lilo (8) - install boot loader
> lilo.conf [lilo] (5) - configuration file for lilo
> lilo (8) - install boot loader
> lilo.conf [lilo] (5) - configuration file for lilo
> lilo (8) - install boot loader
> lilo.conf [lilo] (5) - configuration file for lilo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $
>
> I surmise from this that there are multiple copies of the man pages
> in various historical hiding places. However, I can't get whereis
> or anything else to tell me where it found them. Is there some
> neat way to find the locations? I'd like to figure out which ones
> correspond to my actual software and to ditch the others.
Well, the whatis database is generated by /usr/sbin/makewhatis
I took a cursory glance and couldn't figure out why the repeats.
Perhaps you'd have better understanding?
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