Thanks! --- Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net> wrote: > Because you want rpm -qip, f tells rpm to look at the file and determine > what > rpm it belongs to. p tells rpm you're looking at an rpm package and want > some > info from it. > > "James A. N. Stauffer" <stauffer_james at yahoo.com> writes: > > > Warning: Stupid question! > > Why doesn't the following work? > > rpm -qif > > > ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux/redhat/redhat-7.0-en/os/i386/SRPMS/basesystem-7.0-2.src.rpm > > It tells me "No such file or directory" I even tried ftping it to the > > local directory and I still couldn't get it to work. (I am comfortable > > with Linux but have not used command line rpm much.) > > > > ===== > > = o o o o o o o . . . __________________________ _____=======_||___ > > o _____ | James A. N. Stauffer | | Stauffer_James | > > .][__n_n_|DD[ ====____ | Spam food: uce at ftc.gov | | @yahoo.com | > > >(________|__|_[________]_|________________________|_|________________| > > _/oo OOOOO oo` ooo ooo 'o¬o¬o o¬o¬o` 'o¬o o¬o` > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ===== = o o o o o o o . . . __________________________ _____=======_||___ o _____ | James A. N. Stauffer | | Stauffer_James | .][__n_n_|DD[ ====____ | Spam food: uce at ftc.gov | | @yahoo.com | >(________|__|_[________]_|________________________|_|________________| _/oo OOOOO oo` ooo ooo 'o¬o¬o o¬o¬o` 'o¬o o¬o` __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/