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cpio

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-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

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)

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(1)