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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)cpio_format.5       5.2 (Berkeley) 3/29/88
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH CPIO 5 "March 29, 1988"
        !             4: .UC 7
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: cpio - format of cpio archive
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: The header structure, when the -c option of cpio(1) is not used, is:
        !             9: .sp 1
        !            10: .nf
        !            11:        struct {
        !            12:                short   h_magic,
        !            13:                                h_dev;
        !            14:                ushort  h_ino,
        !            15:                                h_mode,
        !            16:                                h_uid,
        !            17:                                h_gid;
        !            18:                short   h_nlink,
        !            19:                                h_rdev,
        !            20:                                h_mtime[2],
        !            21:                                h_namesize,
        !            22:                                h_filesize[2];
        !            23:                char    h_name[h_namesize rounded to word];
        !            24:        } Hdr;
        !            25: .sp 2
        !            26: When the -c option is used, the header information is described by:
        !            27: .sp
        !            28:        sscanf(Chdr,"%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%6o%11lo%6o%11lo%s",
        !            29:                &Hdr.h_magic, &Hdr.h_dev, &Hdr.h_ino, &Hdr.h_mode,
        !            30:                &Hdr.h_uid, &Hdr.h_gid, &Hdr.h_nlink, &Hdr.h_rdev,
        !            31:                &Longtime, &Hdr.h_namesize,&Longfile,Hdr.h_name);
        !            32: .fi
        !            33: .sp
        !            34: Longtime and Longfile are equivalent to Hdr.h_mtime and
        !            35: Hdr.h_filesize, respectively.  The contents of each file are
        !            36: recorded in an element of the array of varying lenght
        !            37: structures, archive, together with other items describing
        !            38: the file.  Every instance of h_magic contains the constant
        !            39: 070707 (octal).  The itimes h_dev through h_mtime have
        !            40: meanings explained in stat(2).  The length of the null-
        !            41: terminated path name H_name, icluding the null byte, is
        !            42: given by h_namesize.
        !            43: .sp
        !            44: The last record of the archive always contains the name
        !            45: TRAILER!!!.  Special files, directories, and the trailer are
        !            46: recorded with H_filesize equal to zero.
        !            47: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            48: cpio(1), find(1), stat(2)

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