Re: Where is /usr/bin/file?
On 12-Jun-99 Lex Chive wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 10:20:07PM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I think this might serve as a useful trick when you dont know what package
> owns a file...
Thanks, I did not know that trick. I did 'dpkg -S /usr/bin/file and when it
told me
file: /usr/bin/file
I could not believe the name of the package was actually just "file". It was
just too obvious to be true ;)
--
Andrew
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