cpio-2.5

Introduction to cpio

Download location (HTTP):       http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.5.tar.gz
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.5.tar.gz
Version used:                   2.5
Package size:                   188 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  1 MB
Estimated build time:           0.06 SBU

The cpio package contains cpio. This is useful for archiving.

Installation of cpio

Install cpio by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexec=/usr/sbin \ --bindir=/bin && make && make install

Command explanations

--libexec=/usr/bin : This command installs rmt to /usr/sbin instead of /usr/libexec.

--bindir=/bin : This command installs cpio to /bin instead of /usr/bin as per FHS guidelines.

Contents

The cpio package contains cpio, mt and rmt.

Description