[plug] Which RPM?

[David Griffiths]

>Lists,
>
>Trying to find which RPM contains a file. Normally I would use:
>
>rpm -qf <looking for> i.e. /bin/pwd
>
>I am trying to find the rpm that contains the "patch" command but I
>can't seem to get it to work as I don't know where patch would live. I
>have tried /bin/patch and /sbin/patch
>
>Any clues please? Thanks
>

If you;re looking for a particular file from an unknown red hat package
that may or may not yet be installed you can always install rpmdb pkg and do a

   rpm -q --redhatprovides <needed filename>

I can't recall if the full pathname is required or not (expect not though).


Dave.



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