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1 GNU CPIO
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1 This manual documents GNU cpio (version 2.12, 30 September 2021).
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1 Copyright (C) 1995, 2001-2002, 2004, 2010, 2014-2015 Free Software
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1 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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1 being "A GNU Manual", and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
1 below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
1 "GNU Free Documentation License".
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1 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and
1 modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the
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1 GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
1 files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats as
1 well as reading and writing tar files. This is the first edition of the
1 GNU cpio documentation and is consistent with 2.12.
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