Re: searching for files on cdrom
On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 07:42:14PM +0000, Holger Mense wrote:
> Hi...
>
> I have a problem: sometimes I need some special files for a Linux
> Installation (actually its msgfmt :) , but I don't know in which
> .deb-package it is.
>
> Does someone know how to search the whole cd-rom for a special file, or,
> is their a possibility to list recursivly with "dpkg --contents" the
> contents of all(!) .deb-files on the cd-rom?
>
> I tried with "dpkg --contents `find -name *.deb`", but that doesn't work
> correctly, because the result of "find -name *.deb" is given to "dpkg
> --contents" when this processed is finished, but "dpkg --contents" only
> allows one more parameter... :(
>
> Any hints?
>
> CU, Holger
>
> P.S.: Or can someone tell me, in which package "msgfmt" is? :)
zgrep msgfmt Contents-i386.gz
HTH,
James
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