[ale] What package contains "file" ?

[Jerald Sheets]

I think you're right!

You can also run (on rpm-ased systems)

rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/file

That gives you the rpm any file was installed from.

--Jerald


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Murphy
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:56 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] What package contains "file" ?

File is in its own package, I believe. On my fc2 machine, I have a package
named "file-4.07-4".

The man page says you can look on ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file for relases.

Mike



Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Does anyone know what package/tarball contains the binary:  file ?   
> 'file' is used to identify what type of file a file is.  Hrm, I gather 
> that it's silly to try to explain what I'm looking for to they whom 
> don't know what 'file' is/does.
> 
> For those that do, can anyone enlighten me?  It's this very reason 
> that I haven't been able to come up with a suitable search key for google.
> Searching for "file linux"  (and every other combination that I've 
> tried for that matter) results in nothing but tangents.  I thought it 
> was in coreutils, but I was mistaken.
> 
> Can anyone clue me in on this simple one?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> -CB
> 
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