[Techtalk] which rpm package does a file belong to

[Dushyanth Harinath]

Hi Zohar, Itai , 

 * On 16'th May 2002 09:27:04 AM you wrote :
> Is there a quick & easy way to find out which rpm package a file belongs to?
> I always resort to writing a script that goes through all the installed
> packages, which is very slow.
> I know the information is in /var/lib/rpm, but the files are in db format.
> is there a quick way to retrieve it?

#rpm -qf <filename> does exactly what you want.

cheers
dushyanth
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