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#1 2012-01-05 07:46:30
- hadrons123
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/usr/bin/whereis doesnt give results from contents of abs?
I thought i could search for a application folder from /var/abs with 'whereis' in terminal.
but it doesnt give any results from contents of abs ,why?
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#2 2012-01-05 08:09:37
- thisoldman
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Re: /usr/bin/whereis doesnt give results from contents of abs?
'whereis' searches for binaries, sources and manpages. /var/abs doesn't contain these; it contains PKGBUILDS. Sources and manpages are downloaded by running 'makepkg'.
I usually use these to search abs:
pacman -Ss app
or
find /var/abs -name "app"
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#3 2012-01-05 08:34:44
- hadrons123
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Re: /usr/bin/whereis doesnt give results from contents of abs?
does having just a 'makefile' is considered a source, in any folder?
Last edited by hadrons123 (2012-01-05 08:35:02)
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