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cpio

copy files to and from archives

Synopsis

cpio {-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] [--quiet] [--force-local] [--rsh-command=command] [--help] [--version] < name-list [> archive]

cpio {-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] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--unconditional] [--verbose] [--block-size=blocks] [--swap-halfwords] [--io-size=bytes] [--pattern-file=file] [--format=format] [--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-owner] [--message=message] [--force-local] [--no-absolute-filenames] [--sparse] [--only-verify-crc] [--to-stdout] [--quiet] [--rsh-command=command] [--help] [--version] [pattern...] [< archive]

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


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  find . | cpio -H newc -o >
  ../cst_initramfs.cpio
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  rpm2cpio file.rpm | cpio
  -div
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  ( ls ../src/*.* |
  cpio -o > testfile.cpio && \




  ../src/peek testfile.cpio &&
  \




  rm -f testfile.cpio )
  >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
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  gunzip < $1 |
  cpio -i --make-directories
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Copy file in GNU/Linux with progress bar and rate limiting

I suggest you check this out: http://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/A_progress_bar_%28gauge_box%29#File_Copy_Progress_Bar_With_Dialog

It looks rather neat! =)

description

GNU cpio is fully documented in the texinfo documentation. To access the help from your command line, type

info cpio

The online copy of the documentation is available at the following address:

http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual

reporting bugs

Report cpio bugs to bug-cpio[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org

GNU cpio home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report cpio translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>


see also

cpio

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