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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


NNAAMMEE
       cpio - copy files to and from archives

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ccppiioo  {-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]  [--help]
       [--version] < name-list [> archive]

       ccppiioo {-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]  [--list]   [--swap-bytes]   [--swap]
       [--dot]     [--unconditional]     [--verbose]    [--block-
       size=blocks] [--swap-halfwords] [--io-size=bytes]  [--pat-
       tern-file=file]                          [--format=format]
       [--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-owner]  [--mes-
       sage=message]   [--help]   [--version]   [pattern...]   [<
       archive]

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

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual page documents the GNU version of ccppiioo.  ccppiioo
       copies files into or out of a cpio or tar  archive,  which
       is a file that contains other files plus information about
       them, such  as  their  pathname,  owner,  timestamps,  and
       access  permissions.   The  archive can be another file on
       the disk, a magnetic tape, or  a  pipe.   ccppiioo  has  three
       operating modes.

       In  copy-out  mode, ccppiioo copies files into an archive.  It
       reads a list of filenames, one per line, on  the  standard
       input, and writes the archive onto the standard output.  A
       typical way to generate the list of filenames is with  the
       ffiinndd  command;  you  should give ffiinndd the -depth option to
       minimize problems with permissions on directories that are
       unwritable or not searchable.

       In  copy-in  mode,  ccppiioo copies files out of an archive or
       lists the archive contents.  It reads the archive from the
       standard input.  Any non-option command line arguments are
       shell globbing patterns; only files in the  archive  whose
       names  match one or more of those patterns are copied from



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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       the archive.  Unlike in the shell, an  initial  `.'  in  a
       filename  does match a wildcard at the start of a pattern,
       and a `/' in a filename can match wildcards.  If  no  pat-
       terns are given, all files are extracted.

       In  copy-pass  mode,  ccppiioo copies files from one directory
       tree to another, combining the copy-out and copy-in  steps
       without  actually  using an archive.  It reads the list of
       files to copy from the standard input; the directory  into
       which it will copy them is given as a non-option argument.

       ccppiioo supports the following archive formats:  binary,  old
       ASCII,  new  ASCII,  crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old
       tar, and POSIX.1  tar.   The  binary  format  is  obsolete
       because  it  encodes  information about the files in a way
       that is not portable between different  machine  architec-
       tures.  The old ASCII format is portable between different
       machine architectures, but should not be used on file sys-
       tems  with  more than 65536 i-nodes.  The new ASCII format
       is portable between different  machine  architectures  and
       can  be used on any size file system, but is not supported
       by all versions of ccppiioo; currently, it is  only  supported
       by  GNU  and Unix System V R4.  The crc format is like the
       new ASCII format, but also contains a  checksum  for  each
       file  which  ccppiioo  calculates when creating an archive and
       verifies when the file is extracted from the archive.  The
       HPUX  formats  are  provided for compatibility with HPUX's
       cpio which stores device files differently.

       The tar format is provided for compatability with the  ttaarr
       program.   It  can not be used to archive files with names
       longer than 100 characters, and can not be used to archive
       "special" (block or character devices) files.  The POSIX.1
       tar format can not be used to  archive  files  with  names
       longer than 255 characters (less unless they have a "/" in
       just the right place).

       By default, ccppiioo creates binary format archives, for  com-
       patibility with older ccppiioo programs.  When extracting from
       archives, ccppiioo  automatically  recognizes  which  kind  of
       archive  it  is  reading  and can read archives created on
       machines with a different byte-order.

       Some of the options to ccppiioo apply only to certain  operat-
       ing  modes;  see  the SYNOPSIS section for a list of which
       options are allowed in which modes.

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       _-_0_, _-_-_n_u_l_l
              In copy-out and copy-pass modes,  read  a  list  of
              filenames terminated by a null character instead of
              a newline, so that files whose names  contain  new-
              lines can be archived.  GNU ffiinndd is one way to pro-
              duce a list of null-terminated filenames.



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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       _-_a_, _-_-_r_e_s_e_t_-_a_c_c_e_s_s_-_t_i_m_e
              Reset the access times of files after reading them,
              so  that  it does not look like they have just been
              read.

       _-_A_, _-_-_a_p_p_e_n_d
              Append to an existing archive.  Only works in copy-
              out  mode.   The archive must be a disk file speci-
              fied with the _-_O or _-_F _(_-_-_f_i_l_e_) option.

       _-_b_, _-_-_s_w_a_p
              In copy-in mode, swap both halfwords of  words  and
              bytes of halfwords in the data.  Equivalent to _-_s_S.
              Use this option to convert 32-bit integers  between
              big-endian and little-endian machines.

       _-_B     Set  the  I/O  block size to 5120 bytes.  Initially
              the block size is 512 bytes.

       _-_-_b_l_o_c_k_-_s_i_z_e_=_B_L_O_C_K_-_S_I_Z_E
              Set the I/O block size to BLOCK-SIZE * 512 bytes.

       _-_c     Use the old portable (ASCII) archive format.

       _-_C _I_O_-_S_I_Z_E_, _-_-_i_o_-_s_i_z_e_=_I_O_-_S_I_Z_E
              Set the I/O block size to IO-SIZE bytes.

       _-_d_, _-_-_m_a_k_e_-_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_i_e_s
              Create leading directories where needed.

       _-_E _F_I_L_E_, _-_-_p_a_t_t_e_r_n_-_f_i_l_e_=_F_I_L_E
              In copy-in mode, read additional patterns  specify-
              ing  filenames  to  extract or list from FILE.  The
              lines of FILE are treated as if they had been  non-
              option arguments to ccppiioo.

       _-_f_, _-_-_n_o_n_m_a_t_c_h_i_n_g
              Only  copy files that do not match any of the given
              patterns.

       _-_F_, _-_-_f_i_l_e_=_a_r_c_h_i_v_e
              Archive filename to use instead of  standard  input
              or  output.  To use a tape drive on another machine
              as the archive, use a  filename  that  starts  with
              `HOSTNAME:'.   The  hostname  can  be preceded by a
              username and an `@' to access the remote tape drive
              as that user, if you have permission to do so (typ-
              ically an entry in that user's `~/.rhosts' file).

       _-_-_f_o_r_c_e_-_l_o_c_a_l
              With _-_F, _-_I, or _-_O, take the archive file  name  to
              be  a local file even if it contains a colon, which
              would ordinarily indicate a remote host name.




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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       _-_H _F_O_R_M_A_T_, _-_-_f_o_r_m_a_t_=_F_O_R_M_A_T
              Use archive format FORMAT.  The valid  formats  are
              listed below; the same names are also recognized in
              all-caps.  The default in copy-in mode is to  auto-
              matically  detect  the archive format, and in copy-
              out mode is "bin".

              bin    The obsolete binary format.

              odc    The old (POSIX.1) portable format.

              newc   The new (SVR4) portable format,  which  sup-
                     ports file systems having more than 65536 i-
                     nodes.

              crc    The new (SVR4) portable format with a check-
                     sum added.

              tar    The old tar format.

              ustar  The POSIX.1 tar format.  Also recognizes GNU
                     ttaarr archives,  which  are  similar  but  not
                     identical.

              hpbin  The  obsolete  binary  format used by HPUX's
                     cpio  (which  stores  device  files  differ-
                     ently).

              hpodc  The  portable  format  used  by  HPUX's cpio
                     (which stores device files differently).

       _-_i_, _-_-_e_x_t_r_a_c_t
              Run in copy-in mode.

       _-_I _a_r_c_h_i_v_e
              Archive filename to use instead of standard  input.
              To  use  a  tape  drive  on  another machine as the
              archive, use a filename  that  starts  with  `HOST-
              NAME:'.  The hostname can be preceded by a username
              and an `@' to access the remote tape drive as  that
              user, if you have permission to do so (typically an
              entry in that user's `~/.rhosts' file).

       _-_k     Ignored; for compatibility with other  versions  of
              ccppiioo.

       _-_l_, _-_-_l_i_n_k
              Link  files instead of copying them, when possible.

       _-_L_, _-_-_d_e_r_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e
              Dereference symbolic links  (copy  the  files  that
              they point to instead of copying the links).





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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       _-_m_, _-_-_p_r_e_s_e_r_v_e_-_m_o_d_i_f_i_c_a_t_i_o_n_-_t_i_m_e
              Retain previous file modification times when creat-
              ing files.

       _-_M _M_E_S_S_A_G_E_, _-_-_m_e_s_s_a_g_e_=_M_E_S_S_A_G_E
              Print MESSAGE when the  end  of  a  volume  of  the
              backup  media  (such as a tape or a floppy disk) is
              reached, to prompt the user to insert a new volume.
              If MESSAGE contains the string "%d", it is replaced
              by the current volume number (starting at 1).

       _-_n_, _-_-_n_u_m_e_r_i_c_-_u_i_d_-_g_i_d
              In the verbose  table  of  contents  listing,  show
              numeric  UID  and  GID  instead of translating them
              into names.

        _-_-_n_o_-_p_r_e_s_e_r_v_e_-_o_w_n_e_r
              In copy-in mode and copy-pass mode, do  not  change
              the ownership of the files; leave them owned by the
              user extracting them.  This is the default for non-
              root  users,  so that users on System V don't inad-
              vertantly give away files.

       _-_o_, _-_-_c_r_e_a_t_e
              Run in copy-out mode.

       _-_O _a_r_c_h_i_v_e
              Archive filename to use instead of standard output.
              To  use  a  tape  drive  on  another machine as the
              archive, use a filename  that  starts  with  `HOST-
              NAME:'.  The hostname can be preceded by a username
              and an `@' to access the remote tape drive as  that
              user, if you have permission to do so (typically an
              entry in that user's `~/.rhosts' file).

       _-_p_, _-_-_p_a_s_s_-_t_h_r_o_u_g_h
              Run in copy-pass mode.

       _-_r_, _-_-_r_e_n_a_m_e
              Interactively rename files.

       _-_R _[_u_s_e_r_]_[_:_._]_[_g_r_o_u_p_]_, _-_-_o_w_n_e_r _[_u_s_e_r_]_[_:_._]_[_g_r_o_u_p_]
              In copy-out and copy-pass modes, set the  ownership
              of  all  files created to the specified user and/or
              group.  Either the user or the group, or both, must
              be present.  If the group is omitted but the ":" or
              "." separator is given, use the given user's  login
              group.   Only the super-user can change files' own-
              ership.

       _-_s_, _-_-_s_w_a_p_-_b_y_t_e_s
              In copy-in mode, swap the bytes  of  each  halfword
              (pair of bytes) in the files.




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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       _-_S_, _-_-_s_w_a_p_-_h_a_l_f_w_o_r_d_s
              In copy-in mode, swap the halfwords of each word (4
              bytes) in the files.

       _-_t_, _-_-_l_i_s_t
              Print a table of contents of the input.

       _-_u_, _-_-_u_n_c_o_n_d_i_t_i_o_n_a_l
              Replace  all  files,  without  asking  whether   to
              replace existing newer files with older files.

       _-_v_, _-_-_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
              List  the  files processed, or with _-_t, give an `ls
              -l' style table of contents listing.  In a  verbose
              table  of  contents  of  a  ustar archive, user and
              group names in the archive that do not exist on the
              local  system are replaced by the names that corre-
              spond locally to the numeric UID and GID stored  in
              the archive.

       _-_V _-_-_d_o_t
              Print a "." for each file processed.

       _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
              Print the ccppiioo program version number and exit.
































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