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6 cpio - copy files to and from archives
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9 cpio {-o|--create} [-0acvABLV] [-C bytes] [-H format] [-M message] [-O
10 [[user@]host:]archive] [-F [[user@]host:]archive]
11 [--file=[[user@]host:]archive] [--format=format] [--message=message]
12 [--null] [--reset-access-time] [--verbose] [--dot] [--append] [--block-
13 size=blocks] [--dereference] [--io-size=bytes] [--quiet]
14 [--force-local] [--rsh-command=command] [--help] [--version] < name-
15 list [> archive]
16 cpio {-i|--extract} [-bcdfmnrtsuvBSV] [-C bytes] [-E file] [-H format]
18 [-M message] [-R [user][:.][group]] [-I [[user@]host:]archive] [-F
19 [[user@]host:]archive] [--file=[[user@]host:]archive] [--make-directo‐
20 ries] [--nonmatching] [--preserve-modification-time] [--numeric-uid-
21 gid] [--rename] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--uncondi‐
22 tional] [--verbose] [--block-size=blocks] [--swap-halfwords] [--io-
23 size=bytes] [--pattern-file=file] [--format=format]
24 [--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-owner] [--message=message]
25 [--force-local] [--absolute-filenames] [--sparse] [--only-verify-crc]
26 [--quiet] [--rsh-command=command] [--help] [--version] [pattern...] [<
27 archive]
28 cpio {-p|--pass-through} [-0adlmuvLV] [-R [user][:.][group]] [--null]
30 [--reset-access-time] [--make-directories] [--link] [--quiet] [--pre‐
31 serve-modification-time] [--unconditional] [--verbose] [--dot]
32 [--dereference] [--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-owner]
33 [--sparse] [--help] [--version] destination-directory < name-list
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36 GNU cpio is fully documented in the texinfo documentation. To access
37 the help from your command line, type
38 info cpio
40 The online copy of the documentation is available at the following
42 address:
43 http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual
45 CPIO(1L)