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)