So, I know my example is not a patch. It should works while apt-file doesn't recognise this option.

Is there anywhere a debian archive uncompress, where you could go to download any debian file on the debian's hierarchy ?

Sorry my poor english

apt-file-download.sh:
#!/bin/bash

FILE=$1

if [ $(apt-file search "$FILE" | tee result.txt | wc -l) -ne 1 -o $# -ne 1 ]
then
	echo "Use: apt-file download file"
	echo "You should specific a file from an uniq package"
	rm result.txt
	exit 1
fi
dir=$(mktemp -d )
mv result.txt $dir/result.txt
(cd $dir;
aptitude download $(awk -F ":" '{print $1}' result.txt)
ar xv *deb  data.tar.gz
)

tar -O -zxf $dir/data.tar.gz ./$FILE > ${FILE##*/}
rm -rf $dir

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# this is not a patch
tags 408379 - patch

Hi,

I'm not sure we should be adding this. What use cases are there for this?
If you want to reinstate a lost file, couldn't you better do 'apt-get
install --reinstall package'?


Thijs

Ok

Many times I'd like to get a file from a package just for
examinate/study it, like a script in /etc/init.d, a man page, a readme
from doc, a logrotate file, a config file in /etc/ ... but I don't want
to install the package.

Suppose you are talking via telephone with somebody you are helping with
a trouble in a server who has installed a package, and in your
environment you can't install this package and can't have access to
another server with it. You would like just compare a file with the
original and see the diff.

From I openned this bug I downloaded, like an example:

asterisk.logrotate
phpgwaccount.schema
saslauthd.conf
50unattended-upgrades

Thanks you and sorry my english
Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: