%%name: cpio 

%%short-description: Copies file archives. 

%%full-description: 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.

Also available for Net BSD.

%%category: administration

%%license: GPL

%%maintainer: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>

%%interface: Command line

%%updated: 17 Feb 2000

%%keywords: Copying, file management, archiving, tar

%%programs: rmt, mt

%%GNU: yes

%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/cpio.html

%%support:

%%doc: User manual, tutorial at
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/COMP/info/cpio/cpio_5.html

%%developers: John Oleynick, David K. Mackenzie

%%contributors: 

%%sponsors:

%%source: ftp://ftp.gnu/org/pub/gnu/cpio

%%debian: http:/www.debian.org/Packages/stable/utils/cpio.html

%%redhat: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/cpio.html

%%repository:

%%related: tar

%%source-language: C

%%supported-languages:

%%use-requirements:

%%build-prerequisites: libc6

%%weak-prerequisites:

%%source-prerequisites:

%%version: 2.4.2 released 16 Jan 1996

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%%bug-list: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org










 





