Cpio

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File Format
Name Cpio
Ontology
Extension(s) .cpio
MIME Type(s) application/x-cpio

cpio is a non-compressed file archive format for Unix-style systems. It was originally intended for tape archiving, similar to the Tape Archive (tar) format.

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To extract files, using the command line utility:

 $ cpio -idmv -I example.cpio

To list files:

 $ cpio -it -I examples.cpio

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