## SYNOPSIS

           pin [OPTION] [PACKAGENAME/FILE]

## DESCRIPTION

           Pin  searches the installed packages (rpm -qi, -ql) and/or
           the ARCHIVES.gz file  for  the  desired  information.   It
           shows also README, README.SuSE, FAQ, when available.

           It  is  also  possible to search through different version
           with the -v option, if you have the ARCHIVES.gz  from  it.
           You  have  to copy ARCHIVES.gz to /usr/share/pin/ for this
           option, don`t forget to name it, e.g. 7.1-ppc, 7.2-i386.

           pin    open a dialog box and wait for searchstring

           pin name
                  searches for a package <name>

           pin -f name
                  greping also if package was found

           pin -v name
                  searches through another version, not the default

## AUTHOR

           Written by Martin Lasarsch

## REPORTING BUGS

           Report bugs to <mlasars@suse.de>

## CREDITS

           thanks to  henne  <scripts@hennevogel.de>  for  hosting  &
           advertising and Stefan Schmidt for better sorting

## COPYRIGHT

           This  program  is  free  software; you can redistribute it
           and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
           License  as  published  by  the  Free Software Foundation;
           either version 2 of the License, or (at your  option)  any
           later version.

           This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be
           useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
           warranty  of  MERCHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
           PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General  Public  License  for  more
           details.

           You  should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
           License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
           Software  Foundation,  Inc.,  59  Temple Place, Suite 330,
           Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA