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Misc. Solaris Notes

Kernel Parameters

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[Solaris 8 Tunable Parameters Reference Manual]

Determining which package a file belongs to

Use the pkgchk command to determine which package a particular file belongs to. The syntax is:

 # /usr/sbin/pkgchk -l -p /absolute/path/todir

For example,

 # /usr/sbin/pkgchk -l -p /usr/bin/pgrep
 Pathname: /usr/bin/pgrep
 Type: regular file
 Expected mode: 0555
 Expected owner: root
 Expected group: bin
 Expected file size (bytes): 14688
 Expected sum(1) of contents: 63968
 Expected last modification: Mar 16 05:53:45 AM 2000
 Referenced by the following packages:
         SUNWcsu
 Current status: installed

You can also simply query the packages directory as follows:

 # grep /usr/bin/pgrep /var/sadm/install/contents
 /usr/bin/pgrep f none 0555 root bin 14688 63968 953204025 SUNWcsu