can't find pkgng command

[Chip Camden]

Quoth Kimmo Paasiala on Friday, 18 January 2013:
> 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

Yes, I know.  I was demonstrating how you could use the command to see
whether an executable came from a port, as well as which port.

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