rpm2cpio1
Extract cpio archive from rpm package manager (rpm) package
Usage
rpm2cpio PACKAGE_FILE
rpm2cpio -
Overview
rpm2cpio converts the specified rpm package to a cpio(1) archive on the standard output.
Note: the cpio(5) format cannot host individual files over 4GB in size, and so this tool is considered obsolete. Use rpm2archive(1) instead.
Arguments
PACKAGE_FILE
A binary or source RPM package.
If dash (-) is given as the argument, data is read from the standard input.
Exit status
On success, 0 is returned, a nonzero failure code otherwise.
Examples
rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium
Extract glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm contents relative to current directory.
cat glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | rpm2cpio - | cpio -tv
View glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm file list with cpio(1).