Download location (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.5.tar.gz Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.5.tar.gz Version used: 2.5 Package size: 188 KB Estimated Disk space required: 1 MB Estimated build time: 0.06 SBU |
The cpio package contains cpio. This is useful for archiving.
Install cpio by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexec=/usr/sbin \ --bindir=/bin && make && make install |
--libexec=/usr/bin : This command installs rmt to /usr/sbin instead of /usr/libexec.
--bindir=/bin : This command installs cpio to /bin instead of /usr/bin as per FHS guidelines.
The cpio package contains cpio, mt and rmt.
cpio copies files to and from archives.
mt controls magnetic tape drive operations.
rmt controls remote magnetic tape drive operations.