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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CPIO 1
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_users
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: cpio \- copy file archives in and out
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B cpio
        !             7: .BI -o
        !             8: [
        !             9: .I acBv
        !            10: ]
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B cpio
        !            13: .BI -i
        !            14: [
        !            15: .I BcdmrtuvfsSb6
        !            16: ]
        !            17: [
        !            18: .I pattern ...
        !            19: ]
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .B cpio
        !            22: .BI -p
        !            23: [
        !            24: .I adlmruv
        !            25: ]
        !            26: .I directory
        !            27: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            28: .B Cpio -o
        !            29: (copy out)
        !            30: reads the standard input to obtain a list of path names
        !            31: and copies those files onto the
        !            32: standard output
        !            33: together with path name and status information.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: .B Cpio -i
        !            36: (copy in)
        !            37: extracts files from the
        !            38: standard input
        !            39: which is assumed to be the product of a previous
        !            40: .BR "cpio -o" .
        !            41: Only files with names that match the
        !            42: .I patterns
        !            43: are selected.
        !            44: .I Patterns
        !            45: are given in the name-generating notation of
        !            46: .IR sh (1);
        !            47: the default is
        !            48: .BR * 
        !            49: (all files).
        !            50: The extracted files are conditionally created and copied
        !            51: into the current directory tree
        !            52: based upon the options described below.
        !            53: File ownership is preserved if possible.
        !            54: .PP
        !            55: .B Cpio -p
        !            56: (pass) reads from the standard input a list of path names
        !            57: of files to copy
        !            58: into the destination
        !            59: .IR directory.
        !            60: .PP
        !            61: The options are:
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: .PD 0
        !            64: .TP
        !            65: .B a
        !            66: Reset access times of input files after they have been copied.
        !            67: .TP
        !            68: .B B
        !            69: Input/output is to be blocked 5,120 bytes to the record
        !            70: (does not apply to the
        !            71: .I pass\^
        !            72: option; meaningful only with data directed to or from
        !            73: .FR /dev/rmt? ).
        !            74: .TP
        !            75: .B d
        !            76: .I Directories\^
        !            77: are to be created as needed.
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: .B c
        !            80: Write header
        !            81: information in
        !            82: .SM ASCII
        !            83: character form for portability.
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: .B r
        !            86: Interactively rename
        !            87: files.
        !            88: An empty name (newline only) causes a file to be skipped.
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .B t
        !            91: Print a table of contents
        !            92: of the input.
        !            93: No files are created.
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .B u
        !            96: Copy unconditionally
        !            97: (normally an older file will not overwrite a newer file).
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: .B v
        !           100: (Verbose)
        !           101: List file
        !           102: names;
        !           103: .B -vt
        !           104: looks like
        !           105: .BR "ls -l" .
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .B l
        !           108: Whenever possible, link files rather than copying them.
        !           109: Usable only with
        !           110: the
        !           111: .B -p
        !           112: option.
        !           113: .TP
        !           114: .B m
        !           115: Retain previous file modification time.
        !           116: This option is ineffective on directories that are being copied.
        !           117: .TP
        !           118: .B f
        !           119: Copy in all files except those in
        !           120: .I patterns.\^
        !           121: .TP
        !           122: .B s
        !           123: Swap bytes.
        !           124: Use only with the
        !           125: .B -i
        !           126: option.
        !           127: .TP
        !           128: .B S
        !           129: Swap halfwords.
        !           130: Use only with the
        !           131: .B -i
        !           132: option.
        !           133: .TP
        !           134: .B b
        !           135: Swap both bytes and halfwords.
        !           136: Use only with the
        !           137: .B -i
        !           138: option.
        !           139: .TP
        !           140: .B 6
        !           141: Process an old (i.e.,
        !           142: .SM UNIX Sixth\^
        !           143: Edition format)
        !           144: file.
        !           145: Only useful with
        !           146: .B -i
        !           147: (copy in).
        !           148: .PD
        !           149: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           150: .TP
        !           151: .L
        !           152: ls | cpio -oc >/dev/mt1
        !           153: Copy the contents of the current directory to a tape.
        !           154: .PP
        !           155: .EX
        !           156: mkdir newdir
        !           157: cd olddir
        !           158: find . -print | cpio -pd ../newdir
        !           159: .EE
        !           160: .ns
        !           161: .IP
        !           162: Reproduce a directory hierarchy;
        !           163: .B newdir
        !           164: must exist.
        !           165: .PD
        !           166: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           167: .IR ar (1), 
        !           168: .IR bundle (1),
        !           169: .IR tar (1),
        !           170: .IR find (1), 
        !           171: .IR cpio (5), 
        !           172: .IR cp (1)
        !           173: .SH BUGS
        !           174: Path names are restricted to 128 characters.
        !           175: .br
        !           176: Does not know about symbolic links.
        !           177: .br
        !           178: If there are too many unique linked files,
        !           179: linking information is lost.
        !           180: .br
        !           181: Only the super-user can copy special files.
        !           182: .br
        !           183: The archive size is reported in archaic `blocks' of 512 bytes.
        !           184: .\"    @(#)cpio.1      5.2 of 5/18/82

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