[Techtalk] rpm question

[Rita Starceski]

I don't think so.. I need to be able to look at rpms that are not installed.
when I do an
rpm -ql redcreek_appplication-2.0.rpm

I get an error message that the package is not installed.. also I need to
check date and size of the files ?  Is this possible to do in an rpm ?  Am I
doing something wrong in the above command ?

thanks,
Rita

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan Golding [mailto:mgolding at secureworks.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:25 PM
To: Rita Starceski
Cc: 'techtalk at linuxchix.org'
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] rpm question


Is 
rpm -ql <packagename>
what you want?

Where:
-q = query
-l = list files in package
for <packagename>

The output is a list of file names (kind of like "ls" but not "ls -l").

Meg

On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 12:10, Rita Starceski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am an application developer working on a system that was built for us by
> consultants who are now gone.
> The Linux application is delivered in the form of an rpm.  I would like to
> be able to view
> the files that are in the rpm before I burn it onto a CD, so that I can
> verify the files are the correct ones.
> 
> Any Ideas ?  I don't have a lot of experience with RPM.
> 
> thanks a bunch for your help!
> 
> Rita
> 
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