01-13-2006
Take a real close look at that documentation. It must say something like:
cpio -idcmv <file_name
Let's say that your file is named george.cpio. You would use:
cpio -idcmv < george.cpio
That < is not an optional character. It must be present. I like to leave a space on either side of it. It works up tight against the filename too.
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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)