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]
[--preserve-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