extracting cpio.gz file?

kushalkoolwal · 11-03-2006, 01:01 PM

Hello,

I am using Debian and I have this cpio.gz file and I would like to extract it makes some changes in it and then again compressed it in cpio.gz file.

Can anyone give me step by step procedures?

Thanks

unSpawn · 11-03-2006, 01:54 PM

To extract make a tempdir to be safe, cd into it and then "zcat /path/to/name.cpio.gz | cpio -idv".
To compress (asserting you're in the tempdir) "find ../tempdir | cpio -o | gzip > /path/to/newname.cpio.gz"
If you need full path names or none play with the "find ../tempdir" path part or look in cpio's man page.