Larry Brower wrote: <snip> > Your assuming the updatedb database is up to date ;) i do not assume, but i do presume. because, if 'locate' does not produce anything, i run 'sudo updatedb'. so, if 'locate' still does not find what i am looking for, it is not there. or, also, 'yum [provides | whatprovides] feature' 'yum search [string]' 'rpm --query $' > Might be easier to type > > which $APP_NAME_HERE > > or > > whereis $APP_NAME_HERE 'which' and 'whereis' do not find doc files because they only check thru $PATH. so if op is looking for something other that a script or a command, they will not find. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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