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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>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Name of programs from packages?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809132237330.1111-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199809121902.MAA16493@newsguy.com>

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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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