CPIO(1)                     General Commands Manual                    CPIO(1)



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-directo-
       ries]  [--nonmatching]  [--preserve-modification-time]  [--numeric-uid-
       gid] [--rename] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--uncondi-
       tional]  [--verbose]  [--block-size=blocks]  [--swap-halfwords]  [--io-
       size=bytes]           [--pattern-file=file]           [--format=format]
       [--owner=[user][:.][group]]  [--no-preserve-owner]  [--message=message]
       [--force-local]   [--no-absolute-filenames]   [--sparse]   [--only-ver-
       ify-crc]      [--to-stdout]      [--quiet]      [--rsh-command=command]
       [--extract-over-symlinks] [--help] [--version] [pattern...] [< archive]

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

REPORTING BUGS
       Report cpio bugs to bug-cpio@gnu.org

       GNU cpio home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>

       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

       Report cpio translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO
       cpio(5)

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

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



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