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authorDenis Vlasenko2008-07-11 22:20:59 +0000
committerDenis Vlasenko2008-07-11 22:20:59 +0000
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cpio: on unpack, limit filename length to 8k; shorten comment a bit
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/archival/cpio.c b/archival/cpio.c
index 530af80..9784121 100644
--- a/archival/cpio.c
+++ b/archival/cpio.c
@@ -178,19 +178,19 @@ static int cpio_o(void)
}
#endif
-/* GNU cpio (GNU cpio) 2.9 help (abridged):
+/* GNU cpio 2.9 --help (abridged):
- Main operation mode:
+ Modes:
-i, --extract Extract files from an archive
-o, --create Create the archive
- -p, --pass-through Copy-pass mode (was ist das?!)
+ -p, --pass-through Copy-pass mode [was ist das?!]
-t, --list List the archive
- Operation modifiers valid in any mode:
+ Options valid in any mode:
--block-size=SIZE I/O block size = SIZE * 512 bytes
-B I/O block size = 5120 bytes
-c Use the old portable (ASCII) archive format
- -C, --io-size=NUMBER I/O block size to the given NUMBER bytes
+ -C, --io-size=NUMBER I/O block size in bytes
-f, --nonmatching Only copy files that do not match given pattern
-F, --file=FILE Use FILE instead of standard input or output
-H, --format=FORMAT Use given archive FORMAT
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int cpio_o(void)
-W, --warning=FLAG Control warning display: 'none','truncate','all';
multiple options accumulate
- Operation modifiers valid only in --extract mode:
+ Options valid only in --extract mode:
-b, --swap Swap both halfwords of words and bytes of
halfwords in the data (equivalent to -sS)
-r, --rename Interactively rename files
@@ -215,31 +215,29 @@ static int cpio_o(void)
extract or list from FILE
--only-verify-crc Verify CRC's, don't actually extract the files
- Operation modifiers valid only in --create mode:
+ Options valid only in --create mode:
-A, --append Append to an existing archive
-O FILE File to use instead of standard output
- Operation modifiers valid only in --pass-through mode:
+ Options valid only in --pass-through mode:
-l, --link Link files instead of copying them, when possible
- Operation modifiers valid in --extract and --create modes:
+ Options valid in --extract and --create modes:
--absolute-filenames Do not strip file system prefix components from
the file names
--no-absolute-filenames Create all files relative to the current dir
- Operation modifiers valid in --create and --pass-through modes:
+ Options valid in --create and --pass-through modes:
-0, --null A list of filenames is terminated by a NUL
-a, --reset-access-time Reset the access times of files after reading them
-I FILE File to use instead of standard input
- -L, --dereference Dereference symbolic links (copy the files
+ -L, --dereference Dereference symbolic links (copy the files
that they point to instead of copying the links)
-R, --owner=[USER][:.][GROUP] Set owner of created files
- Operation modifiers valid in --extract and --pass-through modes:
+ Options valid in --extract and --pass-through modes:
-d, --make-directories Create leading directories where needed
- -m, --preserve-modification-time
- Retain previous file modification times when
- creating files
+ -m, --preserve-modification-time Retain mtime when creating files
--no-preserve-owner Do not change the ownership of the files
--sparse Write files with blocks of zeros as sparse files
-u, --unconditional Replace all files unconditionally