User Commands rpm2cpio(1)
NAME
rpm2cpio - convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive
SYNOPSIS
rpm2cpio [file.rpm]
DESCRIPTION
The rpm2cpio utility converts the .rpm file specified as its
sole argument to a cpio archive on standard output. (See NOTES.) If no argument is given, an rpm stream is read fromstandard input. In both cases, rpm2cpio will fail and print
a usage message if the standard output is a terminal. There-
fore, the output is usually redirected to a file or piped through the cpio(1) utility.EXAMPLES
Example 1 Converting an rpm fileexample% rpm2cpio Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm | cpio -itv
CPIO archive found!-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
31 blocks Example 2 Converting from standard inputexample% rpm2cpio < Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm | cpio -itv
CPIO archive found!-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
31 blocksATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:SunOS 5.11 Last change: 20 Aug 2001 1
User Commands rpm2cpio(1)
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | package/rpm ||_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
cpio(1), attributes(5) NOTESrpm2cpio handles versions 3 and 4 RPMs.
SunOS 5.11 Last change: 20 Aug 2001 2