> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:54:41PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote:
> >> dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ... > >> Search for a filename from installed packages. >> >> How is this unclear, exactly? > It doesn't say, "Search for a filename THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN an > installed package." Why wouldn't the above include > programmatically-generated configuration files? They're "from" the > package. > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading > http://www.jabootu.com Why just use our trusty old friend find? also you have locate, whereis, and a bunch of others, I must say find can do about anything. Also whereis is a nice catch all for common files and programs. It seems that you need to use the right tool for the job, and frankly I don't see dpkg -S as a good solution. It works for packages that dpkg knows about. But then that could be said of the same for rpm -qf. Rthoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
