Which package is the mt command in?

[Manuel Arostegui Ramirez]

El Viernes, 2 de Noviembre de 2007 16:28, Walters, Mark escribió:
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> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:06 AM
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> j.oloughlin at qmul.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Which package is the mt command in?
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>
> Sorry to interrupt
>
> But If i don't have this /usr/bin/mt command in
> Redhat, I only get this command from another eg:
> debian or
> freebsd
>
> how can I know the package for this command from
> Redhat to install?
>
> Thank you
>
> --- John O'Loughlin <j.oloughlin at qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> > rpm -qf /usr/bin/mt
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Chuck wrote:
> > > Anyone know what package the mt (magnetic tape)
> >
> > command is included in?
> >
> > > Thanks,
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> Hi, as noted, if you don't have the rpm installed the "rpm -qf" won't
> work.
>
>
> To workaround this, install the rpmdb package.  This package keeps track
> of all redhat files and their associated rpm. The down side is you must
> know the full path to it which could be tricky.  If the path is unknown
> I try:
> Google or obvious paths ie; /usr/sbin, /sbin, /bin, /usr/bin, or pound
> my head against the screen.
>
> # rpm --redhatprovides /bin/mt

yum whatprovides mt works pretty good either.

Manuel
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