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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] [--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]   [--dot]
       [--unconditional]     [--verbose]    [--block-size=blocks]
       [--swap-halfwords] [--io-size=bytes] [--pattern-file=file]
       [--format=format]    [--owner=[user][:.][group]]    [--no-
       preserve-owner]  [--message=message]   [--version]   [pat-
       tern...] [< 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] [--ver-
       sion] 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.

       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
       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.




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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       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, 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 dif-
       ferent  machine  architectures.   The  old ASCII format is
       portable  between  different  machine  architectures,  but
       should not be used on file systems 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; cur-
       rently,  it is only supported by GNU and Unix System V R4.
       The crc format is like the new ASCII format, but also con-
       tains  a checksum for each file which ccppiioo calculates when
       creating  an  archive  and  verifies  when  the  file   is
       extracted from the archive.

       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.

       _-_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.





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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       _-_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     In  copy-in  mode, swap both halfwords of words and
              bytes of halfwords in the data.  Equivalent to _-_s_S.

       _-_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:/dev/'.   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).

       _-_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



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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


                     supports 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.

       _-_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:/dev/'.   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).

       _-_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).

       _-_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-



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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


              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:/dev/'.   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).

       _-_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.

       _-_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.




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CPIO(1L)                                                 CPIO(1L)


       _-_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.

       The  long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well
       as `--', for compatibility with previous releases.   Even-
       tually  support  for  `+'  will  be removed, because it is
       incompatible with the POSIX.2 standard.















































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