WHAT
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (P)
Updated: 2003
NAME
what - identify SCCS files (DEVELOPMENT)
SYNOPSIS
what [-s] file...
DESCRIPTION
The what utility shall search the given files for all occurrences
of the pattern that get (see get ) substitutes for the
%Z% keyword (
"@(#)" ) and shall write to standard output what follows until
the first occurrence of one of the following:
-
" > newline \ NUL
OPTIONS
The what utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume
of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines.
The following option shall be supported:
- -s
-
Quit after finding the first occurrence of the pattern in each file.
OPERANDS
The following operands shall be supported:
- file
-
A pathname of a file to search.
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
The input files shall be of any file type.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
what:
- LANG
-
Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that
are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables
for
the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine
the values of locale categories.)
- LC_ALL
-
If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the
other internationalization variables.
- LC_CTYPE
-
Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes
of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as
opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input files).
- LC_MESSAGES
-
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and
contents of diagnostic messages written to standard
error.
- NLSPATH
-
Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES
.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
The standard output shall consist of the following for each file
operand:
-
"%s:\n\t%s\n", <pathname>, <identification string>
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
- 0
-
Any matches were found.
- 1
-
Otherwise.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
The what utility is intended to be used in conjunction with
the SCCS command get, which automatically inserts identifying
information, but it can also be used where the
information is inserted by any other means.
When the string "@(#)" is included in a library routine in a
shared library, it might not be found in an a.out
file using that library routine.
EXAMPLES
If the C-language program in file f.c contains:
-
char ident[] = "@(#)identification information";
and f.c is compiled to yield f.o and a.out, then
the command:
-
what f.c f.o a.out
writes:
-
f.c:
identification information
...
f.o:
identification information
...
a.out:
identification information
...
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
get
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- OPERANDS
-
- STDIN
-
- INPUT FILES
-
- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
- ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
-
- STDOUT
-
- STDERR
-
- OUTPUT FILES
-
- EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
-
- EXIT STATUS
-
- CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
-
- APPLICATION USAGE
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- RATIONALE
-
- FUTURE DIRECTIONS
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
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