Re: [OT] How to extract a BOM archive correctly?
Re: [OT] How to extract a BOM archive correctly?
- Subject: Re: [OT] How to extract a BOM archive correctly?
- From: Greg Guerin <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:58:08 -0700
Karan, Cem originally wrote:
>I've got an annoying permissions problem
>with a BOM archive that I need to extract to fix.
I went back to the original post, because I was a little unsure about what
you were asking for.
"BOM" means Bill Of Materials. It's not an archive format, like tar or
zip. It's a "listing" format that tells what permissions, ownership, etc.
should be on files after they are extracted from an archive. So a BOM
supplements an archive, but is not an archive itself. See 'man bom'.
BOM's are also used for other things, such as acting as receipts for
installed items, allowing "Fix Permissions" to work, uninstallers, and so
on.
But if you want to change the permissions in an archive, or more accuately,
in the files installed from the archive, you have to change the BOM in the
original package or bundle that has the archive and the original BOM.
To list a BOM, see 'man lsbom'. To create a BOM, see 'man mkbom'.
'apropos bom' lists the 3 items I've referenced.
-- GG
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