man cpio – Man page for cpio

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CPIO

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NAME

cpio – copy files to and from archives
 

SYNOPSIS

cpio

{–o|––create} [–0acvABLV] [–C bytes] [–H format] [–M message]
[–O [[user@]host:]archive] [–F [[user@]host:]archive]
[––file=[[user@]host:]archive] [––format=format] [––message=message]
[––null] [––reset–access–time] [––verbose] [––dot] [––append]
[––block–size=blocks] [––dereference] [––io–size=bytes] [––quiet]
[––force–local] [––rsh–command=command] [––help] [––version]
< name–list [> archive]

cpio

{–i|––extract} [–bcdfmnrtsuvBSV] [–C bytes] [–E file] [–H format]
[–M message] [–R [user][:.][group]] [–I [[user@]host:]archive]
[–F [[user@]host:]archive] [––file=[[user@]host:]archive]
[––make–directories] [––nonmatching] [––preserve–modification–time]
[––numeric–uid–gid] [––rename] [–t|––list] [––swap–bytes] [––swap] [––dot]
[––unconditional] [––verbose] [––block–size=blocks] [––swap–halfwords]
[––io–size=bytes] [––pattern–file=file] [––format=format]
[––owner=[user][:.][group]] [––no–preserve–owner] [––message=message]
[––force–local] [––absolute–filenames] [––sparse]
[––only–verify–crc] [––quiet] [––rsh–command=command] [––help]
[––version] [pattern...] [< archive]

cpio

{–p|––pass–through} [–0adlmuvLV] [–R [user][:.][group]]
[––null] [––reset–access–time] [––make–directories] [––link] [––quiet]
[––preserve–modification–time] [––unconditional] [––verbose] [––dot]
[––dereference] [––owner=[user][:.][group]] [––no–preserve–owner]
[––sparse] [––help] [––version] destination–directory < name–list
 

DESCRIPTION

GNU cpio is fully documented in the texinfo documentation. To access the
help from your command line, type

info cpio

The online copy of the documentation is available at the following address:

http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual

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