cpio

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cpio is a file archiving utility. It utilises a file format of the same name, cpio(5).

By default, Gentoo uses GNU cpio (gcpio) as its cpio implementation. However, app-arch/libarchive provides an alternative implementation, bsdcpio.

Emerge

root #emerge --ask app-alternatives/cpio

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose app-alternatives/cpio