rpm2cpio(8)                                                        rpm2cpio(8)

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

SYNOPSIS
       rpm2cpio [filename]

DESCRIPTION
       rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to a
       cpio archive on standard out.  If a '-' argument is given, an rpm
       stream is read from standard in.

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

       rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium
       cat glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | rpm2cpio - | cpio -tv

SEE ALSO
       rpm(8) rpm2archive(8)

AUTHOR

              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>


                                11 January 2001                    rpm2cpio(8)