Cpio

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* [http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/cpio.htm cpio for Windows]
 
* [http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/cpio.htm cpio for Windows]
 
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== Sample files ==
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* http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.27.cpio.gz
  
 
== Other links ==
 
== Other links ==

Revision as of 00:45, 7 January 2014

File Format
Name Cpio
Ontology
Extension(s) .cpio
MIME Type(s) application/x-cpio

cpio is a non-compressed file archive format for Unix-style systems. It was originally intended for tape archiving, similar to the Tape Archive (tar) format.

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Examples

To extract files, using the command line utility:

 $ cpio -idmv -I example.cpio

To list files:

 $ cpio -it -I examples.cpio

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