$ dpkg -S papersize libpaperg: /usr/man/man5/papersize.5.gz libpaperg: /usr/man/man3/systempapersizefile.3paper.gz libpaperg: /usr/man/man3/defaultpapersizefile.3paper.gz
or $ zgrep '/etc/papersize' /usr/man/man*/*gz 2>/dev/null /usr/man/man1/paperconf.1.gz:.B /etc/papersize /usr/man/man1/paperconf.1.gz:.B /etc/papersize /usr/man/man3/systempapername.3paper.gz:.B /etc/papersize /usr/man/man8/paperconfig.8.gz:.B /etc/papersize /usr/man/man8/paperconfig.8.gz:.B /etc/papersize /usr/man/man8/paperconfig.8.gz:.B /etc/papersize or $ man -k papersize defaultpapersizefile (3paper) - return names for managing system paper information papersize (5) - specify preferred paper size systempapersizefile (3paper) - return names for managing system paper information These methods get you pretty close, if not exactly being scientific searches. Will Moore, Paul writes: > From: William F. Dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I do this from cron every night: > > > > #! /bin/bash > > cd /usr/local/fromDebian > > DEBIAN=ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists > > wget -o LOG-unstable-contents $DEBIAN/unstable/Contents-i386.gz > > mv Contents-i386.gz Contents.unstable.gz > > > > Then I could do > > zgrep gvim /usr/local/fromDebian/Contents.unstable.gz > > or the like to answer the question "where does gvim come from?" > > Thanks for the tip - this does just what I want. Actually, I have a potato > CD, which has the Contents file on, so I can do this offline, as well. > > Just one other question - I had a problem yesterday with /etc/papersize not > being found. Searching the Contents file got me nowhere, nor did dpkg -S > /etc/papersize on a system with it installed. It turns out that > /etc/papersize is a configuration file for libpaperg, and as such it wasn't > in the list of files installed. How would I find out where this comes from? > > Thanks again, > Paul. -- William F. Dowling Institute for Scientific Information 215-386-0100 x-1156
