User Commands                                         rpm2cpio(1)



NAME
     rpm2cpio - convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive

SYNOPSIS
     rpm2cpio [file.rpm]


DESCRIPTION
     The rpm2cpio utility converts the .rpm file specified as its
     sole  argument  to  a  cpio archive on standard output. (See
     NOTES.) If no argument is given, an rpm stream is read  from
     standard  input. In both cases, rpm2cpio will fail and print
     a usage message if the standard output is a terminal. There-
     fore,  the  output  is usually redirected to a file or piped
     through the cpio(1) utility.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Converting an rpm file

       example% rpm2cpio Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm  cpio -itv
       CPIO archive found!
       -rw-r--r--  1 root  root  2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
       -rw-r--r--  1 root  root 11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
       -rw-r--r--  1 root  root  1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
       31 blocks



     Example 2 Converting from standard input

       example% rpm2cpio < Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm  cpio -itv
       CPIO archive found!
       -rw-r--r--  1 root  root  2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
       -rw-r--r--  1 root  root 11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
       -rw-r--r--  1 root  root  1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
       31 blocks



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:













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User Commands                                         rpm2cpio(1)



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWrpm                     
    


SEE ALSO
     cpio(1), attributes(5)

NOTES
     rpm2cpio handles versions 3 and 4 RPMs.











































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