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:]ar‐
       chive] [-F [[user@]host:]archive] [--file=[[user@]host:]archive] [--format=format] [--mes‐
       sage=message]  [--null]  [--reset-access-time]  [--verbose]  [--dot]  [--append] [--block-
       size=blocks]  [--dereference]  [--io-size=bytes]  [--quiet]  [--force-local]   [--rsh-com‐
       mand=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-modifica‐
       tion-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-ver‐
       ify-crc]   [--to-stdout]   [--quiet]   [--rsh-command=command]   [--extract-over-symlinks]
       [--help] [--version] [pattern...] [< archive]

       cpio  {-p|--pass-through}  [-0adlmuvLV]  [-R  [user][:.][group]] [--null] [--reset-access-
       time] [--make-directories] [--link] [--quiet]  [--preserve-modification-time]  [--uncondi‐
       tional]  [--verbose]  [--dot]  [--dereference] [--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-
       owner] [--sparse] [--help] [--version] destination-directory < name-list

REPORTING BUGS
       Report cpio bugs to bug-cpio AT 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)

       The online copy of the documentation is available at the following address:

       http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual



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