Brendan Simon wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Brendan J Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > I find "apt-cache" very useful. I use it to search for package names or > > > items > > > within packages. > > > eg. > > > apt-cache search as86 > > > apt-cache pkgnames | grep 86 > > ah, quite useful that ;-) > > i thought apt-cache was not able to tell you what package a file might > > be contained in unless the package was already installed though. can > > it do that? if it can, that'd be fantastic! > I think it can. Try it on a package that you haven't got installed. > Brendan Simon. No -- the reason it works in this particular case is because as86 is mentioned in the description of bin86. If a file isn't mentioned in the description, or somewhere similar, apt-cache search won't find it. cheers -- Chris Waters, Systems Engineer, Critical Path, Inc. phone: 1(415) 344-5518 or 1(415) 254-5913 (mobile) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
