Re: whereis fails

From: peter lageotakes (plageotakes_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/12/03

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To: Paul Cocker <paul.cocker@fph-tr.nhs.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG

    I am not 100 percent sure but if memory serves; the
    man pages are a port by themselves (for xfree), at
    which point they get installed separately. Those
    ports should be on disc 1. You can use
    /stand/sysintall to get back into those ports.

    My second thought is building/rebuilding the locate
    database.

    The files are located here:

    /var/db/locate.database locate database
    /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb Script to update the
    locate database
    /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate Script that starts
    the database rebuild

    More info can be found by checking the man page.

    I hope this helps
    Pete

    --- Paul Cocker <paul.cocker@fph-tr.nhs.uk> wrote:
    > Trying to use the "whereis" command, e.g. whereis
    > XFree86-4 only to get the error:
    >
    > Warning: Couldn't stat file /usr/local/man!
    > Warning: Couldn't stat file /usr/X11R6/man!
    > XFree86-4:
    >
    > Neither of these directories exist (local, X11R6).
    > When I installed FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE I installed
    > bin, crypto, man and ports.
    >
    > Paul
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