>> "D" == Dylan <supa.phly@mindspring.com> writes: D> ps: i also would like to know how to decompress a file in *.deb and *.rpm D> format, being a slackware user, i have always tried to stay away from these D> two... No idea about rpms, but for debs, you can do ar -x debian-package.deb tar -xfvz data.tar.gz Ciao, Martin