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[herrold@centos-4 test]$ mkdir -p /home/herrold/test/var/lock/rpm/
[herrold@centos-4 test]$ rpm --initdb --root /home/herrold/test
[herrold@centos-4 test]$ ls -al /home/herrold/test/var/lock/rpm/
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 2 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 herrold herrold 0 Dec 23 13:34 transaction
[herrold@centos-4 test]$ ls -al /home/herrold/test/var/
total 16
drwxrwxr-x 4 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 lib
drwxrwxr-x 3 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 lock
[herrold@centos-4 test]$ ls -al /home/herrold/test/var/lib/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 rpm
[herrold@centos-4 test]$ ls -al /home/herrold/test/var/lib/rpm/
total 392
drwxr-xr-x 2 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 herrold herrold 4096 Dec 23 13:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 herrold herrold 16384 Dec 23 13:34 __db.001
-rw-r--r-- 1 herrold herrold 1318912 Dec 23 13:34 __db.002
-rw-r--r-- 1 herrold herrold 450560 Dec 23 13:34 __db.003
-rw-r--r-- 1 herrold herrold 24576 Dec 23 13:34 Packages
[herrold@centos-4 test]$