cpio-2.5

Introduction to cpio

The cpio package contains tools for archiving.

Installation of cpio

Install cpio by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexec=/usr/sbin \
--bindir=/bin &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--libexec=/usr/sbin: 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.

Contents

The cpio package contains cpio , mt and rmt.

Description