NAME¶

rpm2cpio - Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.

SYNOPSIS¶

rpm2cpio [filename]

DESCRIPTION¶

rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to a cpio archive on standard out. If a '-' argument is given, an rpm stream is read from standard in.

rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium
cat glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | rpm2cpio - | cpio -tv

SEE ALSO¶

rpm(8)

AUTHOR¶

Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>