On Lun 16 janvier 2006 09:26, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 08:18 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: >> Michael A. Peters wrote: >> > >> > That actually belongs in a packages man page (or other documentation). >> >> That's exactly why it's nicer to have it in rpm -ql >> >> file location is something chosen by the packager at spec time, man >> pages often reflect other defaults (when they are up to date -> cf >> localized pages), and there is no canonical other place to search for >> it. > > find /var/log -name file.log assuming you have a pretty good idea of the logfile name Which is why rpm -ql is better - you don't have to guess the naming/location (and remember if you don't find the file it does not prove it does not exist - all it shows is you probably didn't look in the right place) (is the logfile named like the package name ? a random package binary ? a random binary function ? something else for historical/compat reasons ? is it in the LSB-blessed dir or a subdir or somewhere else entirely ? Does it use strange casing ? etc) -- Nicolas Mailhot -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
