1 .TH CPIO 1L \" -*- nroff -*-
3 cpio \- copy files to and from archives
6 {\-o|\-\-create} [\-0acvABLV] [\-C bytes] [\-H format] [\-M message]
7 [\-O [[user@]host:]archive] [\-F [[user@]host:]archive]
8 [\-\-file=[[user@]host:]archive] [\-\-format=format] [\-\-message=message]
9 [\-\-null] [\-\-reset-access-time] [\-\-verbose] [\-\-dot] [\-\-append]
10 [\-\-block-size=blocks] [\-\-dereference] [\-\-io-size=bytes] [\-\-quiet]
11 [\-\-force\-local] [\-\-rsh-command=command] [\-\-help] [\-\-version]
12 < name-list [> archive]
15 {\-i|\-\-extract} [\-bcdfmnrtsuvBSV] [\-C bytes] [\-E file] [\-H format]
16 [\-M message] [\-R [user][:.][group]] [\-I [[user@]host:]archive]
17 [\-F [[user@]host:]archive] [\-\-file=[[user@]host:]archive]
18 [\-\-make-directories] [\-\-nonmatching] [\-\-preserve-modification-time]
19 [\-\-numeric-uid-gid] [\-\-rename] [\-t|\-\-list] [\-\-swap-bytes] [\-\-swap] [\-\-dot]
20 [\-\-unconditional] [\-\-verbose] [\-\-block-size=blocks] [\-\-swap-halfwords]
21 [\-\-io-size=bytes] [\-\-pattern-file=file] [\-\-format=format]
22 [\-\-owner=[user][:.][group]] [\-\-no-preserve-owner] [\-\-message=message]
23 [\-\-force\-local] [\-\-absolute\-filenames] [\-\-sparse]
24 [\-\-only\-verify\-crc] [\-\-quiet] [\-\-rsh-command=command] [\-\-help]
25 [\-\-version] [pattern...] [< archive]
28 {\-p|\-\-pass-through} [\-0adlmuvLV] [\-R [user][:.][group]]
29 [\-\-null] [\-\-reset-access-time] [\-\-make-directories] [\-\-link] [\-\-quiet]
30 [\-\-preserve-modification-time] [\-\-unconditional] [\-\-verbose] [\-\-dot]
31 [\-\-dereference] [\-\-owner=[user][:.][group]] [\-\-no-preserve-owner]
32 [\-\-sparse] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] destination-directory < name-list
34 GNU cpio is fully documented in the texinfo documentation. To access the
35 help from your command line, type
39 The online copy of the documentation is available at the following address:
41 http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual