rpm2cpio - convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive
rpm2cpio [file.rpm]
rpm2cpio(1) 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 argu- ment 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. Therefore, 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 ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |package/rpm | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO cpio(1), attributes(7) NOTES rpm2cpio handles versions 3 and 4 RPMs. Solaris 11.4 20 Aug 2001 rpm2cpio(1)