[ale] What package contains "file" ?

[Geoffrey]

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.

I don't know what tarball it is, but on RH workstation:

rhws/home/esoteric> rpm -qf /usr/bin/file
file-3.39-9

On SuSE 9.2:

sony/home/esoteric> rpm -qf /usr/bin/file
file-4.09-4

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Until later, Geoffrey