Totem=noshow - man and rpm hints

[David Timms]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 December 2006 12:12, Craig White wrote:
>> On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:36 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> On Monday 04 December 2006 20:59, Anne Wilson wrote:
>>>> Yup.  Craig mentioned the man file.  I'd already been there, but V
>>>> doesn't seem to be listed as an option.  I'm still trying to understand
...
> Thanks, Craig.  You're absolutely right.  The man page is so long that I must 
> have been bog-eyed by the time I got down there :-)
When trying to reverse the commands people give, use the search function 
in man (same as firefox, less etc) of
man rpm
/
-V
{enter}
Saves me heaps of time !
==
With regard to rpm -qV:
The operation modes {query|verify|install|upgrade} are mutually 
exclusive; only one can be specified. Probably due to the order of 
matches that are use when the command line is pulled apart, verify is 
acted upon only.
==
With regards to rpm verify: $ rpm -V yum
- no output = package installed and all files in package actually 
installed at correct location according to the rpm, no config changes
- otherwise you'll see the differences eg:
S.5....T c /etc/yum.conf
the last c means a user config file that has been customized (could be 
by hand or through a tool - whether text or gui).

To see the result of the verify for all files (not just changed ones):
$ rpm -Vv yum
(perhaps you don't really want this much info after all ?)

DaveT.