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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Francisco Reyes <reyesf@newsguy.com>
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Subject: Re: Name of programs from packages?
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On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> When installing new packages is there a way to find out the name of
> the main executable (if there is one)?
> 
> I have been looking at /var/db/<pkg name) and then the +CONTENTS
> file.

Ther'es no way programmatically, other than actually looking or reading
the manpages.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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