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diff --git a/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/bsdcpio.1 b/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/bsdcpio.1 index d8f7102636f..6df6c43401f 100644 --- a/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/bsdcpio.1 +++ b/archivers/libarchive/files/doc/text/bsdcpio.1 @@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ DESCRIPTION and can create tar, pax, cpio, ar, and shar archives. The first option to cpio is a mode indicator from the following list: - -i Input. Read an archive from standard input and extract the con- - tents to disk or (if the -t option is specified) list the con- - tents to standard output. If one or more file patterns are spec- - ified, only files matching one of the patterns will be extracted. + -i Input. Read an archive from standard input (unless overriden) + and extract the contents to disk or (if the -t option is speci- + fied) list the contents to standard output. If one or more file + patterns are specified, only files matching one of the patterns + will be extracted. -o Output. Read a list of filenames from standard input and produce - a new archive on standard output containing the specified items. + a new archive on standard output (unless overriden) containing + the specified items. -p Pass-through. Read a list of filenames from standard input and copy the files to the specified directory. @@ -27,15 +29,28 @@ OPTIONS Unless specifically stated otherwise, options are applicable in all oper- ating modes. + -A (o mode only) Append to the specified archive. (Not yet imple- + mented.) + -a (o and p modes) Reset access times on files after they are read. -B (o mode only) Block output to records of 5120 bytes. + -C size + (o mode only) Block output to records of size bytes. + -c (o mode only) Use the old POSIX portable character format. Equivalent to --format odc. -d (i and p modes) Create directories as necessary. + -E file + (i mode only) Read list of file name patterns from file to list + and extract. + + -F file + Read archive from or write archive to file. + -f pattern (i mode only) Ignore files that match pattern. @@ -54,8 +69,16 @@ OPTIONS complete information about the formats currently supported by the underlying libarchive(3) library. + -I file + Read archive from file. + -i Input mode. See above for description. + --insecure + (i and p mode only) Disable security checks during extraction or + copying. This allows extraction via symbolic links and path + names containing `..' in the name. + -L (o and p modes) All symbolic links will be followed. Normally, symbolic links are archived and copied as symbolic links. With this option, the target of the link will be archived or copied @@ -67,6 +90,9 @@ OPTIONS -m (i and p modes) Set file modification time on created files to match those in the source. + -O file + Write archive to file. + -o Output mode. See above for description. -p Pass-through mode. See above for description. @@ -105,12 +131,16 @@ OPTIONS Print the program version information and exit. -y (o mode only) Compress the archive with bzip2-compatible compres- - sion before writing to stdout. In input mode, this option is - ignored; bzip2 compression is recognized automatically on input. + sion before writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored; + bzip2 compression is recognized automatically on input. + + -Z (o mode only) Compress the archive with compress-compatible com- + pression before writing it. In input mode, this option is + ignored; compression is recognized automatically on input. -z (o mode only) Compress the archive with gzip-compatible compres- - sion before writing it to stdout. In input mode, this option is - ignored; gzip compression is recognized automatically on input. + sion before writing it. In input mode, this option is ignored; + gzip compression is recognized automatically on input. ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of cpio: |