Brian Servis wrote: > > *- On 12 Jun, Pollywog wrote about "RE: Where is /usr/bin/file?" > > > > On 12-Jun-99 Pollywog wrote: > >> > >> On 12-Jun-99 Greg Starkes wrote: > >>> I downloaded xmms 0.9 last night. make complained about not being able > >>> to find /usr/bin/file. I used dpkg --search to see what packaged owned > >>> it, and found nothing. Is this not a part of the debian distribution? I > >>> noticed that RedHat has it. > >> > >> I have the file, though I am unable to determine which package it came > >> from. > >> > >> The Debian package search facility might have this information, on Debian's > >> website. > > > > Very strange; I looked for the package on Debian's website, using the search > > facility, and I can't find the package that owns /usr/bin/file. > > I do have /usr/bin/file on my Potato system. > > > > You have to omit the leading slash, search for 'usr/bin/file'. > > FILE PACKAGE > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > usr/bin/file utils/file
That's why I couldn't find it. I had the leading slash in when I searched the web site. Thanks everyone for the quick replies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tower Visit my WindowMaker page at http://www.cs.mun.ca/~gstarkes/wmaker/ "You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge." -Neil Peart, Rush, "Show Don't Tell"
