cpio command is used to process archive files (for example, *. cpio or *. tar files). cpio stands for “copy in, copy out”.

What are cpio files used for?

cpio stands for “copy in, copy out“. It is used for processing the archive files like *.

Which operations are performed by cpio?

GNU cpio performs three primary functions. Copying files to an archive, Extracting files from an archive, and passing files to another directory tree. An archive can be a file on disk, one or more floppy disks, or one or more tapes.