On Monday, 22 May 2006 23:28, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: <snip> > Wasn't actually telling you how and what to do ....your mail just offered > the oportune comment. ;-) > > OTOH I always use "urpmi" which means I don't keep a local copy of > installed RPMS (if all goes well, that is) by default and thus can't check > 'em that way. I could, using "mcc" and/or the packagemanager "gurpmi" but > find it a very clunky and slow way to do things. > > Somebody else pointed out the use of "locate" which has the downer of > needing to use "updatedb" first, whilst "find" feels like using a > sledgehammer to kill a mosquito.
No problem. I like the mosquito/sledgehammer analogy. Tell me, do you know how to overcome the problem of file names being rejected by find when they contain spaces, etc.? cheers Duncan Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
