.TH CPIO 1 \" -*- nroff -*- .SH NAME cpio \- copy files to and from archives .SH SYNOPSIS .B 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] .B 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] .B cpio {\-p|\-\-pass-through} [\-0adlmuvLV] [\-R [user][:.][group]] [\-\-null] [\-\-reset-access-time] [\-\-make-directories] [\-\-link] [\-\-quiet] [\-\-preserve-modification-time] [\-\-unconditional] [\-\-verbose] [\-\-dot] [\-\-dereference] [\-\-owner=[user][:.][group]] [\-\-no-preserve-owner] [\-\-sparse] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] destination-directory < name-list .SH REPORTING BUGS Report cpio bugs to bug-cpio@gnu.org .PP GNU cpio home page: .PP General help using GNU software: .PP Report cpio translation bugs to .SH SEE ALSO cpio(5) .SH DESCRIPTION GNU cpio is fully documented in the texinfo documentation. To access the help from your command line, type .PP \fBinfo cpio .PP The online copy of the documentation is available at the following address: .PP http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual