The –c option tells the rpm –q command to list the configuration files for a package. You can also use the longer option, --configfiles, in place of –c. The basic syntax is:

rpm –qc package_name

For example:

# rpm -qc bash

/etc/skel/.bash_logout

/etc/skel/.bash_profile

/etc/skel/.bashrc

This command lists the configuration files for the bash package.

Some packages don’t have configuration files, as shown following:

# rpm -qc python

#

In this case, the rpm command provides no output. Other packages have a lot of configuration files, such as the sendmail mail transfer agent, as shown following:

# rpm -qc sendmail

/etc/aliases

/etc/mail/Makefile

/etc/mail/access

/etc/mail/domaintable

/etc/mail/helpfile

/etc/mail/local-host-names

/etc/mail/mailertable

/etc/mail/sendmail.mc

/etc/mail/statistics

/etc/mail/trusted-users

/etc/mail/virtusertable

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail

/etc/sendmail.cf

/etc/sysconfig/sendmail

/usr/lib/sasl/Sendmail.conf

As with the –l option, the –v option provides more information on each file, as shown following:

#rpm -qcv bash

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Jul 9 2001 /etc/skel/.bash_logout

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 Jul 9 2001 /etc/skel/.bash_profile

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124 Jul 9 2001 /etc/skel/.bashrc