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cpio: add detailed description about archive format

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Agniva De Sarker 2016-09-13 12:05:19 +05:30
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# cpio
> Copies files to and from archives.
> Copies files in and out of archives.
> Supports following archive formats: binary, old ASCII, new ASCII, crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar, and POSIX.1 tar.
- Take a list of file names from standard input and creates an archive from them:
- Take a list of file names from standard input and copy them [o]ut to an archive in binary format:
`echo "{{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}" | cpio -o > {{[o]utput_archive.cpio}}`
`echo "{{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}" | cpio -o > {{archive.cpio}}`
- Create an archive containing all the files and folders in a directory in [v]erbose mode:
- Copy [o]ut all files and folders in a directory to an archive, in [v]erbose mode:
`find {{path/to/directory}} | cpio -ov > {{[o]utput_archive.cpio}}`
`find {{path/to/directory}} | cpio -ov > {{archive.cpio}}`
- Extract files from an archive, generating [d]irectories where needed, in [v]erbose mode:
- Copy [i]n all files from an archive, generating [d]irectories where needed, in [v]erbose mode:
`cpio -idv < {{[i]nput_archive.cpio}}`
`cpio -idv < {{archive.cpio}}`