rpm2cpio(8) — Linux manual page

rpm2cpio(8)                                                  rpm2cpio(8)

NAME

       rpm2cpio - Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM)
       package.

SYNOPSIS

       rpm2cpio [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to
       a cpio archive on standard out.  If a '-' argument is given, an
       rpm stream is read from standard in.

       Note: the CPIO format cannot host individual files over 4GB in
       size, and so this tool is considered obsolete.  Use rpm2archive
       instead.

       rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium
       cat glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | rpm2cpio - | cpio -tv

SEE ALSO

       rpm(8) rpm2archive(8)

AUTHOR

              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

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                             11 January 2001                 rpm2cpio(8)

Pages that refer to this page: rpm2archive(8), rpm(8), rpmbuild(8), rpmdb(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpmspec(8)

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