Tom Brown wrote: > Hi > > Is there an option in the spec that i can say on remove do X - eg move a > backup file back into place etc? > > eg > > %onremove mv foo bar > There are some gotchas (re: removal during an upgrade vs outright removal, aka erasing an RPM) that are good to know about. This IBM DeveloperWorks article talks about the pre & post install/uninstall script parts of RPMs and covered these gotchas. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rpm3.html?dwzone=linux -Shawn