'tar tzf packagefile.gz | xargs rm'

	Will probably still leave directories, but thats fine :)


		David/abs

  Personally, I have always found work levels to be self regulating.
   Excessive work will induce repeated periods of unconsciousness.
           (I believe these are referred to as 'sleep'...)

On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Allan 'Norm' Crain wrote:

> Try tar -tzf packagename (this requires redownloading or digging up a copy of
> the packages). This should give you a list of the files in that package. Then
> pipe those names through rm and it should delete 'em. I don't know exactly how
> one would pipe the names through rm though, so don't ask me. :)
> 
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