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| Cpio |
| Component programs | cpio,rmt,mt + |
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| Computer languages | C + |
| Documentation note | User reference included; User reference manual available in Texinfo, DVI, PostScript, HTML, and plaintext formats from http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual/index.html |
| Full description | GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpi … GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. The archive can be another file on the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe. GNU cpio supports the following archive formats: binary, old ASCII, new ASCII, crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar, and POSIX.1 tar. The tar format is provided for compatibility with the tar program. By default, cpio creates binary format archives for compatibility with older cpio programs. When extracting from archives, cpio automatically recognizes which kind of archive it is reading and can read archives created on machines with a different byte-order. d on machines with a different byte-order. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/ + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | backup + , archive + , tar + , cpio + , file management + , archiving + , copying + |
| Last review by | Sergey Poznyakoff + |
| Last review date | 23 June 2009 + |
| License | GPLv3orlater + |
| License verified by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| License verified date | 10 March 2010 + |
| Name | Cpio + |
| Prerequisite description | libc6 + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to build + |
| Real name | Sergey Poznyakoff + |
| Related projects | GNU tar + , Paxutils + , S tar + , Gnuit + |
| Resource URL | http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/cpio/cpio + , http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=5700 + , mailto:bug-cpio@gnu.org + |
| Resource audience | Developer + , Bug Tracking + |
| Resource kind | VCS Repository Webview + , E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 14,283 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 29 March 2012 21:54:54 + |
| Revisionuser | Jgay + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Archiver that handles various types of cpio and tar archives + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| System-administration | backup + |
| Use | system-administration + |
| User level | intermediate + |
| VCS checkout command | :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/cpio co cpio, + |
| Version date | 10 March 2010 + |
| Version download | http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.11.tar.bz2 + |
| Version identifier | 2.11 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Works-with | archive + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 00:19:32 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | gray@gnu.org.ua + |
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| Cpio#7 + | Has featured |
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| Cpio#1 + | License of |
| Cpio#2 + | Person of |
| GNU tar + , Gnuit + , Paxutils + , S tar + | Related projects |
| Cpio#3 + , Cpio#4 + , Cpio#5 + | Resource of |
| Cpio#6 + | Software prerequisite of |
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