rpm2cpio(8)                          System Manager's Manual                          rpm2cpio(8)



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 stan‐
       dard out. If a '-' argument is given, an rpm stream is read from standard in.

       rpm2cpio rpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm
       rpm2cpio - < glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm
       rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium


SEE ALSO
       rpm(8)

AUTHOR
       Erik Troan <ewt AT redhat.com>



Red Hat, Inc.                            11 January 2001                              rpm2cpio(8)