rpm2cpio(1)

NAME

     rpm2cpio - convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive

SYNOPSIS

     rpm2cpio [file.rpm]

DESCRIPTION

     The rpm2cpio utility converts the .rpm file specified as its
     sole  argument  to  a  cpio archive on standard output. (See
     NOTES.) If no argument is given, an rpm stream is read  from
     standard  input. In both cases, rpm2cpio will fail and print
     a usage message if the standard output is a terminal. There-
     fore,  the  output  is usually redirected to a file or piped
     through the cpio(1) utility.

EXAMPLES

     Example 1: Converting an rpm file

     example% rpm2cpio Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm | cpio -itv
     CPIO archive found!
     -rw-r--r--   1 root  root    2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
     -rw-r--r--   1 root  root   11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
     -rw-r--r--   1 root  root    1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
     31 blocks

     Example 2: Converting from standard input

     example% rpm2cpio < Device3Dfx-1.1-2.src.rpm | cpio -itv
     CPIO archive found!
     -rw-r--r--   1 root  root    2635 Sep 13 16:39 1998, 3dfx.gif
     -rw-r--r--   1 root  root   11339 Sep 27 16:03 1998, Dev3Dfx.tar.gz
     -rw-r--r--   1 root  root    1387 Sep 27 16:04 1998, Device3Dfx-1.1-2.spec
     31 blocks

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWrpm                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     cpio(1), attributes(5)

NOTES

     rpm2cpio handles versions 3 and 4 RPMs.