// vim: set et sw=4 ts=8 ft=asciidoc tw=80: port-provides(1) ================ $Id: port-provides.1.txt 129054 2014-12-04 19:23:54Z cal@macports.org $ NAME ---- port-provides - Find the port that installed a file SYNOPSIS -------- [cmdsynopsis] *port* *provides* 'file' ... DESCRIPTION ----------- *port provides* 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. 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. [NOTE] You can only use *provides* on files that you have installed on your system. MacPorts does currently not have a global database of files. If you're looking for the port that provides a specific file, *provides* is useless to you. BUGS ---- If MacPorts is configured to use a prefix that contains symlinks, *provides* may incorrectly report that a file is unknown to MacPorts. SEE ALSO -------- man:port[1], man:port-contents[1] AUTHORS ------- (C) 2014 The MacPorts Project Clemens Lang