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Date:      Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Casey Scott" <casey@phantombsd.org>
To:        "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        Casey Scott <casey@phantombsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_info question
Message-ID:  <29955.199.181.134.212.1119460796.squirrel@mail.phantombsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050622165027.GB49171@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <12654.199.181.134.212.1119458656.squirrel@mail.phantombsd.org> <20050622165027.GB49171@dan.emsphone.com>

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Sorry, I meant I need to know what package a file belongs to that does not
exist in the file system already. I need to know where to get something,
not where it came from.

> In the last episode (Jun 22), Casey Scott said:
>> Is it possible to get pkg_info, or some other command, to show what
>> package contains a file?
>>
>> E.g.  find what package has  /usr/local/bin/convert
>
> pkg_info -W /usr/local/bin/convert
>
> Or if you have portupgrade installed, "pkg_which
> /usr/local/bin/convert" is faster.
>
> --
> 	Dan Nelson
> 	dnelson@allantgroup.com
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