On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 04:01:24PM -0400, George Boudreau wrote:
> tar -tf ${heArchiveName} | head -n 1 | sed -e '[EMAIL PROTECTED]/@@' -e
> 's@/.*$@@'
> Will give you the root 'without' unpacking the archive. The -t only
> lists the contents. Extracting the root dir for a kernel happens in the
> blink of an eye.. give it a try.
Right. Well, I should have known I was setting myself up for a fall
there. :/ Thanks for the kind hint, and sorry for my previous noise. I
suppose this would make sense to implement then. I'll get to it within
the next day or two.
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JH
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