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GNU CPIO
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This manual documents GNU cpio (version 2.12, 12 September 2015).

   Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2002, 2004, 2010, 2014-2015 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
     Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
     Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts
     being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
     below.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
     "GNU Free Documentation License".

     (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and
     modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software.  Copies published by the
     Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development."

   GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
files from one place to another.  It handles a number of cpio formats as
well as reading and writing tar files.  This is the first edition of the
GNU cpio documentation and is consistent with 2.12.

Introduction

Tutorial

Getting started.

Invoking cpio

How to invoke 'cpio'.

Media

Using tapes and other archive media.

Reports

Reporting bugs or suggestions

Concept Index

Concept index.

 -- The Detailed Node Listing --

Invoking cpio

Copy-out mode

Copy-in mode

Copy-pass mode

Options