can't find pkgng command

[Kimmo Paasiala]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Chip Camden
<sterling at camdensoftware.com> wrote:
> Quoth John Marino on Thursday, 17 January 2013:
>> pkg which <filename>
>>
>> On 1/17/2013 15:08, Robert Huff wrote:
>> >
>> >     Under the old package system "pkg_info -W<filename>' would
>> > tell me what port a file belonged to.
>> >     Perhaps due to not enough sleep, I have read the man page twice
>> > but am unable to construct an equivalent.  Will someone please help
>> > me not have to re-invent the wheel?
>> >
>> >     Respectfully,
>> >
>> >
>> >             Robert Huff
>> >
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>
> And if you (a) don't want to type in the full path or (b) want to make
> sure that the file you execute actually does come from the port, you can
> use a double-which.  E.g.,
>
> $ pkg which `which ruby`
> /usr/local/bin/ruby was installed by package ruby-1.8.7.371,1
>
> while OTOH...
>
> $ pkg which `which clang`
> /usr/bin/clang was not found in the database
>
>
>

That is expected, the base system (/bin /usr/bin etc.) is not included
in the pkg database.

-Kimmo