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[stefan.troeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Troeger)]

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 19 2000 at 20:53 +0300, George Zeigler wrote:

> 	I could not find the extract single file setting in mc.  In any case,
> 	this command did not work:
> 
> > rpm2cpio rpmfile.rpm |cpio -id "*webfonts.exe*"
> 
> root@host-name:/usr/TrueType/rpm/trash > rpm2cpio rpmfile.rpm |cpio -id "*webfon
> ts.exe*"
> cannot open package: No such file or directory
> cpio: premature end of archive           

Did you use the command exactly like this `rpm2cpio rpmfile.rpm
...'? And I thought it would be obvious that `rpmfile.rpm' has
to be replaced with the name of the actual rpm.

> 	So, starting from /usr/home/george/download/   I did the below command:
> 
> rpm2cpio web*rpm |cpio --extract --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames
> --preserve-modification-time
> 
> This first created some directories and then extracted the file.  I just want
> the file webfonts.exe  .  Results shown below.  Anyway to make it extract the
> file into the present directory, and not make the extension
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/   ?
> 
> /usr/home/george/download/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/webfonts.exe

No rant intended, but have you ever considered to read the fine
manual of cpio? You used the `--make-directories' switch -- you
_asked_ cpio to create the directories and afterwards wonder why
it did exactly that???
 
Ciao,
        Stefan


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