RPM2CPIO(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

rpm2cpio FILE

DESCRIPTION
rpm2cpio converts the specified rpm package to a cpio(1) archive on the standard ouput.

Note: the cpio(5) format cannot host individual files over 4GB in size, and so this tool is considered obsolete. Use rpm2archive instead.

ARGUMENTS
FILE
    An rpm package file. If - is passed, standard input is used.

OPTIONS
rpmcpio has no options.

EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

EXAMPLES
rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium
    Extract glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm contents relative to current directory.

cat glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | rpm2cpio - | cpio -tv
    View glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm file list with cpio(1).

SEE ALSO
cpio(1), rpm(8), rpm2archive(1)