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cpio

tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive

About cpio

tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive

This project links 11 native package records across 7 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Alpine Linux 3.21: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 2 package records; Debian 12 (Bookworm): 2 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 1 package records; Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.cpio: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.212 recordsAlpine Linux 3.222 recordsAlpine Linux 3.232 recordsDebian 12 (Bookworm)2 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)1 recordsFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 records
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Project identity

Project
cpio
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
11
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, debian-12, debian-13, fedora-43, fedora-44
License expression
GPL-3.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. Archives are files which contain a collection of other files plus information about them, such as their file name, owner, timestamps, and access permissions. The archive can be another file on the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe. GNU cpio supports the following archive formats: binary, old ASCII, new ASCII, crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar and POSIX.1 tar. By default, cpio creates binary format archives, so that they are compatible with older cpio programs. When it is extracting files from archives, cpio automatically recognizes which kind of archive it is reading and can read archives created on machines with a different byte-order. Install cpio if you need a program to manage file archives.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. cpio

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source cpio

    2.15-r0

    tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. cpio-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source cpio

    2.15-r0

    tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. cpio

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source cpio

    2.15-r0

    tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. cpio-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source cpio

    2.15-r0

    tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. cpio

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source cpio

    2.15-r0

    tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. cpio-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source cpio

    2.15-r0

    tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. cpio

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / utils

    2.13+dfsg-7.1

    GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files

    amd64arm64bookworm
  2. cpio-win32

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / utils / source cpio

    2.13+dfsg-7.1

    GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files (win32 build)

    allbookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. cpio

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / utils

    2.15+dfsg-2

    GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files

    amd64arm64trixie

Fedora 43

  1. cpio

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source cpio

    2.15-6.fc43

    A GNU archiving program

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. cpio

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source cpio

    2.15-9.fc44

    A GNU archiving program

    aarch64x86_6444

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

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