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Date:      Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:09:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      Kenneth Chiu <chiuk@cs.indiana.edu>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what's this file?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981124120243.17877A-100000@bakery.chiu.nom>
In-Reply-To: <19981124171254.23210@welearn.com.au>

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One way is to just search all the packages contents files for the
file in question.  Might be an easier way, though.

	find /var/db/pkg -name '+CONTENTS' | xargs grep <name>

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Sue Blake wrote:
> What's the easiest way to tell what package a file on my system came from?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
>         -*Sue*-


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