From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI
	autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
Received: (qmail 26270 invoked from network); 24 Apr 2022 15:50:08 -0000
Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53)
  by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Apr 2022 15:50:08 -0000
Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112)
	id 4C4759D4AF; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:50:03 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2979D4A8;
	Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:48:21 +1000 (AEST)
Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112)
 id 6089C9D4A8; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:48:19 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60])
 by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C632A9D4A7
 for <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:48:18 +1000 (AEST)
X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com
Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60])
 by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 23OFmGNt002547
 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); 
 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 09:48:17 -0600
Received: (from arnold@localhost)
 by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 23OFmGSC002546;
 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 09:48:16 -0600
From: arnold@skeeve.com
Message-Id: <202204241548.23OFmGSC002546@freefriends.org>
X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to
 arnold@skeeve.com using -f
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 09:48:16 -0600
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org, rminnich@gmail.com
References: <CAP6exYLNTwd8OG9LuLSS6fqq+gJL81sSOGEg26ncZk6kfCcTRg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP6exYLNTwd8OG9LuLSS6fqq+gJL81sSOGEg26ncZk6kfCcTRg@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [TUHS] whereis command
X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26
Precedence: list
List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list <tuhs.minnie.tuhs.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/tuhs>,
 <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/>
List-Post: <mailto:tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tuhs>,
 <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org
Sender: "TUHS" <tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org>

ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:

> can someone point me at the earliest version of whereis? I first saw
> it in 4.1, but maybe it came sooner. Also, if you've got a link to man
> pages, thanks in advance.
>
> I'm trying but failing to find it. My daughter says I suck at web
> search, which, given where I work, is a bid sad :-)

Looks like 2.79 BSD. From the TUHS archives:

$ tar -tzvf 2.79bsd.tar.gz | grep /whereis
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0            4412 1979-04-21 06:34 bin.v6/ucb/whereis
-rw-r--r-- 0/0            1692 1981-01-13 17:37 man/whereis.u
-rw-r--r-- 0/0            4519 1981-01-13 17:37 src/whereis.c
-rw-r--r-- 0/0            3851 1979-04-19 07:04 upgrade/src/whereis.c

Hope this helps.

Arnold