Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
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.
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.
Note that you will still have double entries for some pages, as they are POSIX
and linux variants.
Regards,
Marco
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