On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Hugh Beaumont wrote: > To clarify, I currently have this in my spec file: > > %files > /home/my_user/template_dir/etc/file1.conf > /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/bin/some_file > /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/doc/some_file.txt > > what I want is something like: > > %files > %magic_directive_to_tell_rpm_to_chop_off /home/my_user/template_dir/ > /home/my_user/template_dir/etc/file1.conf > /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/bin/some_file > /home/my_user/template_dir/usr/local/doc/some_file.txt You'll probably have to do it in two steps: %install # cp -a would probably accomplish the same thing :-) tar -cC /home/my_user/template_dir . | tar -xC $RPM_BUILD_ROOT %files ... -- Paul Heinlein <heinlein@xxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list