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... anoat:~$ grep '/usr/bin/file' /var/lib/dpkg/info/* /var/lib/dpkg/info/file.list:/usr/bin/file anoat:~$ dpkg --status file Package: file Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: utils Installed-Size: 233 Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 3.26-1 Depends: libc6 Conffiles: /etc/magic 272913026300e7ae9b5e2d51f138e674 Description: Determines file type using "magic" numbers File tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be printed. -Lex
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