Extract, but not install rpm

[Rex Dieter]

J. K. Cliburn wrote:

> Is there a way to extract the contents of an rpm file (to, say, a temp
> directory) without actually installing it?  I'd like to look at the
> source code of a particular module driver that's bound up in the rpm,
> but I don't want to install the kernel source -- probably wouldn't
> work anyway since I'm working from a cygwin host right now.

man rpm2cpio
man cpio

-- Rex