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Package: bsdcpio (2.6.2-1)

cpio(1) from FreeBSD, using libarchive

This package provides an interface similar to cpio(1), but using libarchive as the backend for the archiving and extraction of data. It can read CPIO, tar, pax, zip, jar, ar, and ISO9660 images and provides similar features to the bsdtar package. Features include: 

 * Automatic format detection. Libarchive automatically detects the
   compression (none/gzip/bzip2) and format (old tar, ustar, gnutar,
   pax, cpio, iso9660, zip) when reading archives. It does this for
   any data source.


 * Pax Interchange Format Support. This is a POSIX/SUSv3 extension to
   the old "ustar" tar format that adds arbitrary extended attributes
   to each entry. Does everything that GNU tar format does, only
   better.


 * Handles file flags, ACLs, arbitrary pathnames, etc. Pax interchange
   format supports key/value attributes using an easily-extensible
   technique. Arbitrary pathnames, group names, user names, file sizes
   are part of the POSIX standard; libarchive extends this with
   support for file flags, ACLs, and arbitrary device numbers.


 * GNU tar support. Libarchive reads most GNU tar archives. If there
   is demand, this can be improved further.

Tags: Implemented in: C, Role: Program, Application Suite: BSD, Works with: Archive, Files, Supports Format: Tar Archives, Zip Archives

Other Packages Related to bsdcpio

  • depends
  • recommends
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  • dep: libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1)
    Access control list shared library
  • dep: libarchive1 (>= 2.6.1-1)
    Single library to read/write tar, cpio, pax, zip, iso9660, etc.
  • dep: libattr1 (>= 2.4.41-1)
    Extended attribute shared library
  • dep: libbz2-1.0
    high-quality block-sorting file compressor library - runtime
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
    compression library - runtime
  • sug: bsdtar
    tar(1) from FreeBSD, using libarchive

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 30.2 kB92 kB [list of files]
armel 28.7 kB88 kB [list of files]
hppa 29.9 kB88 kB [list of files]
i386 29.0 kB52 kB [list of files]
ia64 35.8 kB120 kB [list of files]
mips 29.8 kB92 kB [list of files]
mipsel 29.8 kB92 kB [list of files]
powerpc 32.0 kB96 kB [list of files]
s390 31.0 kB92 kB [list of files]
sparc 29.5 kB88 kB [list of files]