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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-directo‐
       ries]  [--nonmatching]  [--preserve-modification-time]  [--numeric-uid-
       gid] [--rename] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--uncondi‐
       tional]	[--verbose]  [--block-size=blocks]  [--swap-halfwords]	[--io-
       size=bytes]	     [--pattern-file=file]	     [--format=format]
       [--owner=[user][:.][group]]  [--no-preserve-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]  [--pre‐
       serve-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

KNOWN ISSUES
       The  cpio utility uses a default block size of 512 bytes for I/O opera‐
       tions.  If a tape device does not support this  block  size,  cpio  may
       fail with the following error message:

	      cpio: read error: Cannot allocate memory

       To  work	 around	 this  issue,  modify  the default block size with the
       --block-size long option.

								      CPIO(1L)

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