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[ale] What package contains "file" ?
- Subject: [ale] What package contains "file" ?
- From: esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)
- Date: Tue Nov 16 08:02:09 2004
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
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