Re: Some doubt

["Arvind H Kamath" <hakamath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Hi Srinath
  The files that you see are in /var/lib/rpm are the files used by the redhat package manager to find out which rpms are installed on your system. The rpm -ql command shows you this list from these very files.
Bye.
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 01:35:54   N.S.Srinath wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>In /var/lib/rpm, there are some .rpm files. (conflictsindex, fileindex,
>groupindex, nameindex, packages, providesindex, requiredby).
>
>What are these files and what do they do?  They occupy 5.8 MB.  Can I
>safely delete them?
>
>I am using Rh5 from PCQ CD.
>
>Thanks,
>Srinath.
>
>
>
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