From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:30579 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752980AbbBXJkS (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:40:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:40:07 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Sami Kerola Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/16] whereis: tell when mandatory option is missing Message-ID: <20150224094007.GE19430@ws.net.home> References: <1424616106-580-1-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> <1424616106-580-2-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1424616106-580-2-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 " ", for example: whereis -M /usr/share/man/man1 -m ls Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com