On November 18, 2004 06:13 am, Bob Metelsky wrote: > Yes, I think you're right on that, that is - there isnt an actual vi > on the system. However I was sure there was vi *before* I added the > addittional editors. > > here is my output > [root@RH1 root]# rpm -qf on /bin/vi > error: file on: No such file or directory > vim-minimal-6.2.98-1 > > [root@RH1 root]# ls -l /bin/vi* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 465644 Sep 16 2003 /bin/vi > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2 Nov 11 22:29 /bin/view -> vi > > [root@RH1 root]# rpm -qi /usr/bin/vim > package /usr/bin/vim is not installed > > Hah! because I've uninstalled it! > <...snip> Bob, it looks like your getting bad info. Read 'man rpm' and look at what the swithches do. You should be using: rpm -qf /path/to/file #to get the rpm that provided the file rpm -qi packagename #(no .rpm) to get a description of the package rpm -ql packagename #(no .rpm) to see all the files the rpm installs ...so of it makes sence that "rpm -qf on /bin/vi" errors, first, the 'on' should not be there. and "rpm -qi /usr/bin/vim" is expecting a package name, not a regular file. When I stated "...after doing rpm -qf on /bin/vi" I was not provding the syntax, just saying what I did. hope that helps. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
