[ale] rpm single file extract

[Raylynn A. Knight]

I don't know how to do this with RPM, but the latest versions of mc (Midnight 
Commander) use a virtual file system that can be used to extract individual 
files from RPMS.

Ray Knight

On Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:35 AM, Scott Robertson 
[SMTP:srobertson at bcbs-ga.com] wrote:
> 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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