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edited Mar 2, 2019 at 10:29

user313992

You should use the -d option to let cpio create the leading directories (path/to) if they don't exist:

cpio -id < archive.cpio path/to/file

Also, bsdtar (the regular tar on FreeBSD) knows how to extract cpio archives, whether compressed or not.

You should use the -d option to let cpio create the leading directories (path/to) if they don't exist:

cpio -id < archive.cpio path/to/file

You should use the -d option to let cpio create the leading directories (path/to) if they don't exist:

cpio -id < archive.cpio path/to/file

Also, bsdtar (the regular tar on FreeBSD) knows how to extract cpio archives, whether compressed or not.

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answered Mar 2, 2019 at 10:21

user313992

You should use the -d option to let cpio create the leading directories (path/to) if they don't exist:

cpio -id < archive.cpio path/to/file