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I build some archive for linux kernel it need an archive file with absolute path. File are under folder /data/ when I pack normally it keeps file path like this

bin/ln
bin/ls
etc

the command I used is like this

cd /data
find|cpio -o -H newc -F ../data.cpio

but I want cpio to keep file with root path like this

/bin/ln
/bin/ls
/etc

I found I shuold use pax but I dont know how to write regex for path replacement

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This should work as long as no filename contain the '>' characters:

pax -w -x sv4cpio -s '>^\.>>' . >../data.cpio

The -x sv4cpio should satisfy the requirement for using -H newc (SVR4 format).

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  • thanx alot it saved my time, can you explain what is the meaning of ^ in your regex Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 18:54
  • ^ tells regex to match the start of the string. (And $ tells regex to match the end of the string). Commented Mar 20, 2019 at 19:34
  • Please note that -x sv4cpio is non-portable and applies only to one specific pax implementation that is not pax compliant since it does not support -x pax. This specific pax implementation you have in mind therefore is still at a development state from 1992. Commented Jul 13, 2020 at 9:31

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