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]	 [--no-absolute-filenames]   [--sparse]   [--only-ver-
       ify-crc] [--quiet] [--rsh-command=command] [--help]  [--version]  [pat-
       tern...] [< 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