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cpio

 
 GNU CPIO
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 This manual documents GNU cpio (version 2.12, 12 September 2015).
 
    Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2002, 2004, 2010, 2014-2015 Free Software
 Foundation, Inc.
 
      Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
      document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
      Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
      Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts
      being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
      below.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
      "GNU Free Documentation License".
 
      (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and
      modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software.  Copies published by the
      Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development."
 
    GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
 files from one place to another.  It handles a number of cpio formats as
 well as reading and writing tar files.  This is the first edition of the
 GNU cpio documentation and is consistent with 2.12.
 

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· Introduction                
· Tutorial                    Getting started.
· Invoking cpio               How to invoke 'cpio'.
· Media                       Using tapes and other archive media.
· Reports                     Reporting bugs or suggestions
· Concept Index               Concept index.
 
  -- The Detailed Node Listing --
 
 Invoking cpio
 
· Copy-out mode               
· Copy-in mode                
· Copy-pass mode              
· Options                     
 
 

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