[ale] rpm single file extract

[toiletduk at penguinpowered.com (Christopher S. Adams)]

don't worry...being a redhat, suse, and openlinux user, i don't understand
rpm either :)

Chris

-----Original Message-----
 From: Scott Robertson <srobertson at bcbs-ga.com>
To: ALE <ale at ale.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:36 AM
Subject: [ale] rpm single file extract


>Hi All,
>
>Being a slackware user, I am not all that familiar with rpm.  I was
>posed a question by a friend as to extracting one file from an rpm
>distribution.  The man page does not cover single file extraction, nor
>the HOWTO.  Is this function available?, or will it be a full extraction
>to an alternate directory and then copy the file in question?
>
>RedHat 5.2 running kernel 2.2.3
>rpm version 2.5.5
>--
>Scott Robertson
>Unix Systems Administrator
>BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia
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>The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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