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- <p>CPIO(1) BSD General Commands Manual CPIO(1)</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>NAME</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;"><b>cpio</b> — copy files
- to and from archives</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>SYNOPSIS</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:13%;"><b>cpio -i</b> [<i>options</i>]
- [<i>pattern ...</i>] [<i>< archive</i>] <b><br>
- cpio -o</b> [<i>options</i>] <i>< name-list</i>
- [<i>> archive</i>] <b><br>
- cpio -p</b> [<i>options</i>] <i>dest-dir <
- name-list</i></p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>DESCRIPTION</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;"><b>cpio</b> copies files between
- archives and directories. This implementation can extract
- from tar, pax, cpio, zip, jar, ar, and ISO 9660 cdrom images
- and can create tar, pax, cpio, ar, and shar archives.</p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">The first option
- to <b>cpio</b> is a mode indicator from the following
- list:</p>
- <p><b>-i</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">Input. Read an
- archive from standard input (unless overridden) and extract
- the contents to disk or (if the <b>-t</b> option is
- specified) list the contents to standard output. If one or
- more file patterns are specified, only files matching one of
- the patterns will be extracted.</p>
- <p><b>-o</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">Output. Read a
- list of filenames from standard input and produce a new
- archive on standard output (unless overridden) containing
- the specified items.</p>
- <p><b>-p</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">Pass-through.
- Read a list of filenames from standard input and copy the
- files to the specified directory.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>OPTIONS</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">Unless specifically stated
- otherwise, options are applicable in all operating
- modes.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-0</b>, <b>--null</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Read filenames separated by NUL
- characters instead of newlines. This is necessary if any of
- the filenames being read might contain newlines.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-6</b>, <b>--pwb</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">When reading a binary format
- archive, assume it’s the earlier one, from the PWB
- variant of 6th Edition UNIX. When writing a cpio archive,
- use the PWB format.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-7</b>, <b>--binary</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(o mode only) When writing a
- cpio archive, use the (newer, non-PWB) binary format.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-A</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Append to the specified archive. (Not yet implemented.)</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-a</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o and p modes)
- Reset access times on files after they are read.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-B</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Block output to records of 5120 bytes.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-C</b> <i>size</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(o mode only) Block output to
- records of <i>size</i> bytes.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-c</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Use the old POSIX portable character format. Equivalent to
- <b>--format</b> <i>odc</i>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-d</b>,
- <b>--make-directories</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i and p modes) Create
- directories as necessary.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-E</b> <i>file</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i mode only) Read list of file
- name patterns from <i>file</i> to list and extract.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-F</b> <i>file</i>,
- <b>--file</b> <i>file</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Read archive from or write
- archive to <i>file</i>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-f</b> <i>pattern</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i mode only) Ignore files that
- match <i>pattern</i>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-H</b> <i>format</i>,
- <b>--format</b> <i>format</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(o mode only) Produce the
- output archive in the specified format. Supported formats
- include:</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><i>cpio</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:28%; margin-top: 1em">Synonym for
- <i>odc</i>.</p>
- <p><i>newc</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:28%; margin-top: 1em">The SVR4
- portable cpio format.</p>
- <p><i>odc</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:28%; margin-top: 1em">The old POSIX.1
- portable octet-oriented cpio format.</p>
- <p><i>pax</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:28%; margin-top: 1em">The POSIX.1 pax
- format, an extension of the ustar format.</p>
- <p><i>ustar</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:28%; margin-top: 1em">The POSIX.1 tar
- format.</p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">The default
- format is <i>odc</i>. See libarchive-formats(5) for more
- complete information about the formats currently supported
- by the underlying libarchive(3) library.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Print usage information.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-I</b> <i>file</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Read archive from
- <i>file</i>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-i</b>, <b>--extract</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Input mode. See above for
- description.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--insecure</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i and p mode only) Disable
- security checks during extraction or copying. This allows
- extraction via symbolic links, absolute paths, and path
- names containing ’..’ in the name.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-J</b>, <b>--xz</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(o mode only) Compress the file
- with xz-compatible compression before writing it. In input
- mode, this option is ignored; xz compression is recognized
- automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-j</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">Synonym for
- <b>-y</b>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-L</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o and p modes)
- All symbolic links will be followed. Normally, symbolic
- links are archived and copied as symbolic links. With this
- option, the target of the link will be archived or copied
- instead.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-l</b>, <b>--link</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(p mode only) Create links from
- the target directory to the original files, instead of
- copying.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--lrzip</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(o mode only) Compress the
- resulting archive with lrzip(1). In input mode, this option
- is ignored.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--lz4</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the archive with lz4-compatible compression before
- writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored; lz4
- compression is recognized automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--zstd</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the archive with zstd-compatible compression before
- writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored; zstd
- compression is recognized automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--lzma</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the file with lzma-compatible compression before
- writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored; lzma
- compression is recognized automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--lzop</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the resulting archive with lzop(1). In input mode,
- this option is ignored.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--passphrase</b>
- <i>passphrase</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">The <i>passphrase</i> is used
- to extract or create an encrypted archive. Currently, zip is
- only a format that <b>cpio</b> can handle encrypted
- archives. You shouldn’t use this option unless you
- realize how insecure use of this option is.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-m</b>,
- <b>--preserve-modification-time</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i and p modes) Set file
- modification time on created files to match those in the
- source.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-n</b>,
- <b>--numeric-uid-gid</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i mode, only with <b>-t</b>)
- Display numeric uid and gid. By default, <b>cpio</b>
- displays the user and group names when they are provided in
- the archive, or looks up the user and group names in the
- system password database.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--no-preserve-owner</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i mode only) Do not attempt to
- restore file ownership. This is the default when run by
- non-root users.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-O</b> <i>file</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Write archive to
- <i>file</i>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-o</b>, <b>--create</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Output mode. See above for
- description.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-p</b>,
- <b>--pass-through</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Pass-through mode. See above
- for description.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--preserve-owner</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i mode only) Restore file
- ownership. This is the default when run by the root
- user.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--quiet</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Suppress unnecessary
- messages.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-R</b> [ <br>
- user][ <br>
- :][ <br>
- group], <b>--owner</b> [ <br>
- user][ <br>
- :][ <br>
- group]</p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Set the owner and/or group on
- files in the output. If group is specified with no user (for
- example, <b>-R</b> <i>:wheel</i>) then the group will be set
- but not the user. If the user is specified with a trailing
- colon and no group (for example, <b>-R</b> <i>root:</i>)
- then the group will be set to the user’s default
- group. If the user is specified with no trailing colon, then
- the user will be set but not the group. In <b>-i</b> and
- <b>-p</b> modes, this option can only be used by the
- super-user. (For compatibility, a period can be used in
- place of the colon.)</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-r</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(All modes.)
- Rename files interactively. For each file, a prompt is
- written to <i>/dev/tty</i> containing the name of the file
- and a line is read from <i>/dev/tty</i>. If the line read is
- blank, the file is skipped. If the line contains a single
- period, the file is processed normally. Otherwise, the line
- is taken to be the new name of the file.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-t</b>, <b>--list</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i mode only) List the contents
- of the archive to stdout; do not restore the contents to
- disk.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-u</b>,
- <b>--unconditional</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">(i and p modes) Unconditionally
- overwrite existing files. Ordinarily, an older file will not
- overwrite a newer file on disk.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-V</b>, <b>--dot</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Print a dot to stderr for each
- file as it is processed. Superseded by <b>-v</b>.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-v</b>, <b>--verbose</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Print the name of each file to
- stderr as it is processed. With <b>-t</b>, provide a
- detailed listing of each file.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>--version</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%;">Print the program version
- information and exit.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-y</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the archive with bzip2-compatible compression
- before writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored;
- bzip2 compression is recognized automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-Z</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the archive with compress-compatible compression
- before writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored;
- compression is recognized automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-z</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:17%; margin-top: 1em">(o mode only)
- Compress the archive with gzip-compatible compression before
- writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored; gzip
- compression is recognized automatically on input.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>EXIT STATUS</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">The <b>cpio</b> utility
- exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error
- occurs.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>ENVIRONMENT</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">The following environment
- variables affect the execution of <b>cpio</b>:</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em">LANG</p>
- <p style="margin-left:21%; margin-top: 1em">The locale to
- use. See environ(7) for more information.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em">TZ</p>
- <p style="margin-left:21%; margin-top: 1em">The timezone to
- use when displaying dates. See environ(7) for more
- information.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>EXAMPLES</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">The <b>cpio</b> command is
- traditionally used to copy file hierarchies in conjunction
- with the find(1) command. The first example here simply
- copies all files from <i>src</i> to <i>dest</i>:</p>
- <p style="margin-left:14%;"><b>find</b> <i>src</i> |
- <b>cpio -pmud</b> <i>dest</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">By carefully
- selecting options to the find(1) command and combining it
- with other standard utilities, it is possible to exercise
- very fine control over which files are copied. This next
- example copies files from <i>src</i> to <i>dest</i> that are
- more than 2 days old and whose names match a particular
- pattern:</p>
- <p style="margin-left:14%;"><b>find</b> <i>src</i>
- <b>-mtime</b> <i>+2</i> | <b>grep foo[bar]</b> | <b>cpio
- -pdmu</b> <i>dest</i></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">This example
- copies files from <i>src</i> to <i>dest</i> that are more
- than 2 days old and which contain the word “</p>
- <p>foobar ”:</p>
- <p style="margin-left:14%;"><b>find</b> <i>src</i>
- <b>-mtime</b> <i>+2</i> | <b>xargs grep -l foobar</b> |
- <b>cpio -pdmu</b> <i>dest</i></p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>COMPATIBILITY</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">The mode options i, o, and p and
- the options a, B, c, d, f, l, m, r, t, u, and v comply with
- SUSv2.</p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">The old POSIX.1
- standard specified that only <b>-i</b>, <b>-o</b>, and
- <b>-p</b> were interpreted as command-line options. Each
- took a single argument of a list of modifier characters. For
- example, the standard syntax allows <b>-imu</b> but does not
- support <b>-miu</b> or <b>-i -m -u</b>, since <i>m</i> and
- <i>u</i> are only modifiers to <b>-i</b>, they are not
- command-line options in their own right. The syntax
- supported by this implementation is backwards-compatible
- with the standard. For best compatibility, scripts should
- limit themselves to the standard syntax.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>SEE ALSO</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">bzip2(1), gzip(1), mt(1),
- pax(1), tar(1), libarchive(3), cpio(5),
- libarchive-formats(5), tar(5)</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>STANDARDS</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">There is no current POSIX
- standard for the cpio command; it appeared in ISO/IEC
- 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”) but was dropped from
- IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).</p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">The cpio, ustar,
- and pax interchange file formats are defined by IEEE Std
- 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) for the pax command.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>HISTORY</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">The original <b>cpio</b> and
- <b>find</b> utilities were written by Dick Haight while
- working in AT&T’s Unix Support Group. They first
- appeared in 1977 in PWB/UNIX 1.0, the
- “Programmer’s Work Bench” system developed
- for use within AT&T. They were first released outside of
- AT&T as part of System III Unix in 1981. As a result,
- <b>cpio</b> actually predates <b>tar</b>, even though it was
- not well-known outside of AT&T until some time
- later.</p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">This is a
- complete re-implementation based on the libarchive(3)
- library.</p>
- <p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>BUGS</b></p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%;">The cpio archive format has
- several basic limitations: It does not store user and group
- names, only numbers. As a result, it cannot be reliably used
- to transfer files between systems with dissimilar user and
- group numbering. Older cpio formats limit the user and group
- numbers to 16 or 18 bits, which is insufficient for modern
- systems. The cpio archive formats cannot support files over
- 4 gigabytes, except for the “odc” variant, which
- can support files up to 8 gigabytes.</p>
- <p style="margin-left:6%; margin-top: 1em">BSD
- September 16, 2014 BSD</p>
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