ok here we go...
--force will do it, but the switch to do it specificaly is --replacefiles
-Patrick
oh...and -v is verbose, not verify... I knew that....
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick ">tewkewl@mindspring.com>
To: Mike Fletcher ">fletch@phydeaux.org>
Cc: Jeff Dilcher ">dilcher@cueva.com>; Ale@Ale. Org ">ale@ale.org>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] smb.conf file needed
> What about --force? will that overwrite files? That vaguely seems
> familiar... I guess I should do a quick redhat install on some pos machine
> around here so I can keep up with the times ... hehe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Fletcher ">fletch@phydeaux.org>
> To: Patrick ">tewkewl@mindspring.com>
> Cc: Jeff Dilcher ">dilcher@cueva.com>; Ale@Ale. Org ">ale@ale.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] smb.conf file needed
>
>
> > >>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick ">tewkewl@mindspring.com> writes:
> >
> > Patrick> I don't remember Redhat's package manager too well, but
> > Patrick> back in the day I think you could do a rpm -v to verify
> > Patrick> and it would replace the files. Do a man on rpm and see
> > Patrick> what it comes up with before you try this though, for all
> > Patrick> I know -v could run fdisk... :p
> >
> > No, -v (or --verify) simply makes rpm check the current state
> > of the disk against what its database says things should look like.
> > It'll tell you what's different, but it won't make any changes. There
> > are a --setperms and --setugids that will correct permissions and
> > ownership. But if you change content it can't really do anything
> > about it.
> >
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