Extract the files of an RPM archive to the working directory

rpm2cpio WHATEVER.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories

scp problems in csh

scp is executing .cshrc. In case .cshrc contains any screen output (also when psetup is called which generate screen output) the scp fails without any message. To avoid this you may use in the .cshrc file : 

if ($?term) then 
  psetup
  echo "Hallo mein lieber Ekki"
endif