How to make cpio extract to a folder

rng · 12-11-2015, 01:55 AM

To extract an rpm package, following command can be used:

Code:

rpm2cpio packagename.rpm | cpio -idvm

But it extracts to the current folder. Can it be made to extract in a specified folder, eg /home/a_user/mypkg? Following command does not work:

Code:

rpm2cpio packagename.rpm | cpio -idvm /home/a_user/mypkg

Thanks for your help.

berndbausch · 12-11-2015, 03:00 AM

It seems it doesn't have this option (you should read the man page....), but you can easily overcome this by issuing a cd command to go to the target directory, and a cd - command to go back where you came from.