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Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:45:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject:	Re: how to check what cygwin packages are installed on the system ?
From:	"Robin Bowes" <robin-lists AT robinbowes DOT com>
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On Tue, August 3, 2004 16:19, Andrew DeFaria said:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> 
>> And you would do that rather than use the tool designed for providing
>> the information, because...?
> 
> To answer the question: "Which package brought in this file?" as in:
> 
> 
> $ cd /etc/setup
> $ str=gcc.exe
> $ for pkg in *.gz; do
> 
>> zcat $pkg | grep -q $str if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $str appears in $pkg fi done

Or:

$ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/gcc.exe
gcc-3.3.1-3 

R.
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