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CPIO(1L)								CPIO(1L)

NAME
     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] [--re-
     name] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--unconditional] [--ver-
     bose] [--block-size=blocks]  [--swap-halfwords]  [--io-size=bytes]  [--pat-
     tern-file=file]  [--format=format]  [--owner=[user][:.][group]]  [--no-pre-
     serve-owner]  [--message=message]	[--force-local]   [--absolute-filenames]
     [--sparse]  [--only-verify-crc]  [--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

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

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