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.TH "PORT\-PROVIDES" "1" "2014\-12\-04" "MacPorts 2\&.3\&.99" "MacPorts Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
port-provides \- Find the port that installed a file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBport\fR \fBprovides\fR \fIfile\fR \&...
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBport provides\fR looks up which port installed a given file, if the file has been installed by MacPorts\&. If the given file is not known to MacPorts it was either obtained using a different method, or has been created by a script or an executable after installation\&.
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All files that are part of a port will be removed when you uninstall said port\&. For this reason, configuration files are often not registered to a port to preserve modifications across updates\&.
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You can only use \fBprovides\fR on files that you have installed on your system\&. MacPorts does currently not have a global database of files\&. If you\(cqre looking for the port that provides a specific file, \fBprovides\fR is useless to you\&.
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.SH "BUGS"
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If MacPorts is configured to use a prefix that contains symlinks, \fBprovides\fR may incorrectly report that a file is unknown to MacPorts\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBport\fR(1), \fBport-contents\fR(1)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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(C) 2014 The MacPorts Project
Clemens Lang <cal@macports\&.org>
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