FC6 bashrc file needed

Simon simon80-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Nov 1 02:11:51 UTC 2006


I forget what format they are in, but the files in an rpm package are
stored in some standard compressed format, but it is possible to
extract them with something.  Also, if you use gnome, file-roller
should open them up for you no problem.  Google tells me that you
should use gunzip/zcat, but I may not have looked hard enough.

On 10/31/06, Ken Burtch <kburtch-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Err, assuming it's not a generated file, how do you extract a file out
> of an RPM?  I don't see any options for that.
>
> It seems like a lot of work...
> KB
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 20:53 -0500, Simon wrote:
> > err, can't you just manually extract the file out of the rpm?
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > On 10/31/06, Ken Burtch <kburtch-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 17:38 -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 17:17, Ken Burtch wrote:
> > > > > I accidentally deleted /etc/bashrc while installing Fedora Core 6.
> > > > > If someone can send me a copy of this file, I would appreciate it.
> > > >
> > > > You already have the file, albeit in a package. Try this:
> > > >
> > > > rpm -qf /etc/bashrc
> > > >
> > > > That will tell you which package contains the file you deleted. You
> > > > can then force install the package to restore the file.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, it's in the "setup" package is non-relocatable and rpm
> > > will not do a force install on it.  Surely some one one this list will
> > > email me a 20 line text file.
> > >
> > > Ken B.
> > >
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