On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 07:42:14PM +0000, Holger Mense wrote: > Hi... > > I have a problem: sometimes I need some special files for a Linux > Installation (actually its msgfmt :) , but I don't know in which > .deb-package it is. > > Does someone know how to search the whole cd-rom for a special file, or, > is their a possibility to list recursivly with "dpkg --contents" the > contents of all(!) .deb-files on the cd-rom? > > I tried with "dpkg --contents `find -name *.deb`", but that doesn't work > correctly, because the result of "find -name *.deb" is given to "dpkg > --contents" when this processed is finished, but "dpkg --contents" only > allows one more parameter... :( > > Any hints? > > CU, Holger > > P.S.: Or can someone tell me, in which package "msgfmt" is? :)
zgrep msgfmt Contents-i386.gz HTH, James
