Quoting John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > how about replacing dpkg -s lprng with > grep -A1 '^Package: lpr$' /var/lib/dpkg/status > > and grep -e "^Status: install ok installed" with > grep -q -e "^Status: install ok installed" > (helps in suppressing unnecessary output) > > comparison times: > dpkg -s lpr 5.71s user 0.37s system 35% cpu 17.182 total > grep -A1 '^Package: lpr$' /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.00s user 0.04s system 155% > cpu 0.026 total
That depends on an implementation detail in dpkg -- surely that's not a good idea. -- Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England
