[Ilugc] How to use cpio command

  • From: basker@xxxxxxxxxxxx (P BASKER)
  • Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:13:16 +0530 (IST)

Try

cpio --extract --make-directories < file.cpio

Anyone knows where cpio is generally used instead of tar? (Apart from
rpm2cpio)?

        P.Basker

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, P.S. Manohar wrote:

Hi All,

I got a file which is in cpio format.  Can anyone tell me how to extract and
use this files.  I gone through the man pages of cpio, but i got confused.
Any ideas, Syntax are welcome.

Thanks in advance

Manohar

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