On 7/11/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote: > My former primary boot disk had some bad spots appear awhile back. > Damage, per rpm --verify, seems to be predominately in loss of reference > files in /usr/share/doc and such as that. > > Being the type that wastes my own time before wasting that of others, I > did a semi-careful perusal of the rpm man pages. Thought the --files or > some such might offer a way ought. IIUC, nope! Seems that I can't select > specific files. It looks like I could do a new install in a new root > (chrooted) and then copy the files out, but I was already aware of an > apparently easier way I had used years ago, rpm2cpio (easier because I > can use the verify output list, slightly edited and reduced, to select > the desired files. > > Thought "Well, it probably can do what I want, I just missed it. Maybe > tutorials, HOWTOs, etc. will give the answer". So, using the TOC of each > of these, I probed in vain (in that vein, it was fruitless but not > painless :-). Depending on the corruption you've got, rpm -Fvh might be what you want. Freshen may solve some of your dilemma. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell