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cpio

CPIO(1L)																  CPIO(1L)

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]
       [--no-absolute-filenames] [--sparse] [--only-verify-crc] [--to-stdout] [--quiet] [--rsh-command=command] [--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

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

																	  CPIO(1L)

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