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.

       Note: the CPIO format cannot host individual files over 4GB in size, and so this  tool  is
       considered obsolete.  Use rpm2archive instead.

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

SEE ALSO

       rpm(8) rpm2archive(8)

AUTHOR

              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

                                         11 January 2001                              rpm2cpio(8)