How can i use rpm to retrive a specific file from a package?

[Technical]

thanks but I am sure that there people out there that hate buttom
posting.... how  am I going to please all

> Am Sa, den 10.01.2004 schrieb Technical um 02:56:
>> what is top - post?
>
> top-posting is to reply to a posting by just putting the new content at
> the top of the message.
>
> A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
> Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>
>> I still get the same problem
>>
>> ail.mc[root at sojourn root]# rpm2cpio
>> /var/spool/up2date/sendmail-8.12.10-1.1.1.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd
>> ./etc/mail/sendmail.mc
>> 4574 blocks
>> cpio: premature end of archive
>> [root at sojourn root]#
>
> Your rpm is corrupt. Download it again.
>
> Alexander
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