redhat man page for rpm2cpio

rpm2cpio(8)							   Red Hat Linux						       rpm2cpio(8)

NAME
       rpm2cpio - Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.

SYNOPSIS
       rpm2cpio [filename]

DESCRIPTION
       rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to a cpio archive on standard out. If a '-' argument is given, an rpm stream
       is read from standard in.

       rpm2cpio rpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm
       rpm2cpio - < glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm

SEE ALSO
       rpm(8)

AUTHOR
       Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

Red Hat, Inc.							  11 January 2001						       rpm2cpio(8)