PIN(1)PIN(1)NAMEpin - Package InformatioN
SYNOPSISpin [OPTION] [PACKAGENAME/FILE]
DESCRIPTION
Pin searches the installed packages (rpm -qi, -ql) and/or the AR‐
CHIVES.gz file for the desired information. It shows also README,
README.SuSE, FAQ, when available.
It is also possible to search through different version with the -v
option, if you have the ARCHIVES.gz from it. You have to copy AR‐
CHIVES.gz to /var/lib/pin/ for this option, don`t forget to name it,
e.g. 7.1-ppc, 7.2-i386.
pin open a dialog box and wait for searchstring
pin <name>
searches for a package <name>
pin-f <name>
greping also if package was found
pin-v <version> <name>
searches through another version, not the default
AUTHOR
Written by Martin Lasarsch
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <mlasars@suse.de>
CREDITS
thanks to henne <scripts@hennevogel.de> for hosting & advertising and
Stefan Schmidt for better sorting. Christian Boltz for testing, fixes
and recommendations.
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
pin September 2001 PIN(1)
