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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


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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> 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 &quot;file&quot; ?

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

The man page says you can look on <a  rel="nofollow" href="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file";>ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file</a> for relases.

Mike



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