On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 14:10, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > Is there an application that will allow you to view the contents of a > .rpm file and extract only selected files to a specified directory? > Like a WinZIP/File Roller for RPMs. > > I know rpm -qlp will display the files in an rpm but I'm looking for > something that will view/extract. > > If not, is there an rpm command that will extract a specified file to a > specified directory? > > TIA > > Palmetto Shopper > http://www.palmettoshopper.com > Serving all of South Carolina and beyond!
hi thomas, well, there's not really a viewer in the true sense, but you can do pretty much what your looking for with: rpm2cpio rpmname.rpm | cpio -t ; see the files rpm2cpio rpmname.rpm | cpio -ivd; extract all to local disk with cpio, you can get pretty granular ... cheers christopher cuse -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
