Luca Berra posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:07:57 +0100:
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 12:48:37AM -0800, Quel Qun wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I can't seem to get it to work. Example given, >> >>rpm2cpio libMesaGLU1-devel-5.0.1-5mdk.i586.rpm | cpio -ivd >>usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la >> >>does not create any file locally. > > files in rpm have "./" prefix > please use > rpm2cpio foo.rpm | cpio -tv > to look at contents of archive before crying .. Or try loading the rpm from within mc. Midnight Commander will load the rpm as a virtual file system, displaying the contents, if you enter it as you would an ordinary directory. You can then copy stuff out of it to the dir in the other pane. (I really like mc, It makes my life as my own sysadmin, particularly on a cooker system, SO much easier! =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
