Hello,
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??? Actually I had tried that, I got this error since 'webfonts.exe' demands to be installed in a ~/webfonts/ directory. I guess there's no getting around it.
root@host-name:/usr/TrueType/rpm/trash > rpm2cpio w*rpm |cpio --extract --no-abs olute-filenames --preserve-modification-time cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/arial.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/arialb.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/ariali.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/arialz.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/ariblk.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/comic.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/comicbd.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/cour.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/courb.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/couri.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/courz.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/fonts.dir: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/fonts.dir.pseudoadobe: No such file or di rectory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/impact.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/times.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/timesb.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/timesi.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/timesz.ttf: No such file or directory cpio: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/webfonts.exe: No such file or directory cpio: usr/doc/webfonts-1: No such file or directory cpio: usr/doc/webfonts-1/MS-EULA: No such file or directory cpio: usr/doc/webfonts-1/README: No such file or directory 3134 blocks George -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/