without search results, skip the processing loops and the parser

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 33d1f07b..5b473292 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		manpath_free(&paths);
 		resp = res;
 
+		if (sz == 0) {
+			if (search.argmode == ARG_NAME)
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: No entry for %s "
+				    "in the manual.\n", progname, argv[0]);
+			rc = MANDOCLEVEL_BADARG;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * For standard man(1) and -a output mode,
 		 * prepare for copying filename pointers