[patch] Patch that removes searching symlinked directories & displays paths where found

apropos.txt (text/plain), 580 bytes, created by David Payne on 2005-06-12 01:28:48 UTC

--- /usr/bin/apropos	2005-06-12 02:30:37.512170836 -0400
+++ /usr/bin/apropos.test	2005-06-12 02:29:38.343063931 -0400
@@ -65,16 +65,20 @@
     found=0
     for d in /var/cache/man $manpath /usr/lib
     do
+      if [ ! -h $d ]
+      then
         if [ -f $d/whatis ]
         then
             if grep -"$grepopt1" "$grepopt2""$1" $d/whatis
             then
+		echo $d
                 found=1
 # Some people are satisfied with a single occurrence
 # But it is better to give all
 #               break
             fi
         fi
+      fi
     done
 
     if [ $found = 0 ]