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RE: Where is /usr/bin/file?



On 12-Jun-99 Pollywog wrote:
> 
> On 12-Jun-99 Greg Starkes wrote:
>> I downloaded xmms 0.9 last night. make complained about not being able
>> to find /usr/bin/file. I used dpkg --search to see what packaged owned
>> it, and found nothing. Is this not a part of the debian distribution? I
>> noticed that RedHat has it.
> 
> I have the file, though I am unable to determine which package it came from.
> 
> The Debian package search facility might have this information, on Debian's
> website.

Very strange; I looked for the package on Debian's website, using the search
facility, and I can't find the package that owns /usr/bin/file.
I do have /usr/bin/file on my Potato system.

--
Andrew


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