# cpio # Autogenerated from man page /usr/share/man/man1/cpio.1 complete -c cpio -l block-size -d 'Set the I/O block size to BLOCK-SIZE * 512 bytes' complete -c cpio -s B -d 'Set the I/O block size to 5120 bytes' complete -c cpio -s c -d 'Use the old portable (ASCII) archive format. This is the same as -H odc' complete -c cpio -s C -l io-size -d 'Set the I/O block size to the given NUMBER of bytes' complete -c cpio -s D -l directory -d 'Change to directory DIR' complete -c cpio -l force-local -d 'Archive file is local, even if its name contains colons' complete -c cpio -s H -l format -d 'Use given archive FORMAT' complete -c cpio -s R -l owner -d 'In copy-in and copy-pass mode, set the ownership of all files created to the …' complete -c cpio -l quiet -d 'Do not print the number of blocks copied at the end of the run' complete -c cpio -l rsh-command -d 'Use remote COMMAND instead of rsh' complete -c cpio -s v -l verbose -d 'Verbosely list the files processed' complete -c cpio -s V -l dot -d 'Print a ". " for each file processed' complete -c cpio -s W -l warning -d 'Controls what warnings are displayed' complete -c cpio -s F -l file -d 'Use this ARCHIVE-FILE instead of standard input (in copy-in mode) or standard…' complete -c cpio -s M -l message -d 'Print STRING when the end of a volume of the backup media is reached' complete -c cpio -s b -l swap -d 'Swap both halfwords of words and bytes of halfwords in the data' complete -c cpio -s f -l nonmatching -d 'Only copy files that do not match any of the given patterns' complete -c cpio -s n -l numeric-uid-gid -d 'In the verbose table of contents listing, show numeric UID and GID' complete -c cpio -s r -l rename -d 'Interactively rename files' complete -c cpio -s s -l swap-bytes -d 'Swap the bytes of each halfword in the files' complete -c cpio -s S -l swap-halfwords -d 'Swap the halfwords of each word (4 bytes) in the files' complete -c cpio -l to-stdout -d 'Extract files to standard output' complete -c cpio -s E -l pattern-file -d 'Read additional patterns specifying filenames to extract or list from FILE' complete -c cpio -l only-verify-crc -d 'When reading a CRC format archive, only verify the CRC\'s of each file in the …' complete -c cpio -s A -l append -d 'Append to an existing archive' complete -c cpio -l device-independent -l reproducible -d 'Create reproducible archives' complete -c cpio -l ignore-devno -d 'Store 0 in the device number field of each archive member, instead of the act…' complete -c cpio -l ignore-dirnlink -d 'Store 2 in the nlink field of each directory archive member, instead of the …' complete -c cpio -s O -d 'Use ARCHIVE-NAME instead of standard output' complete -c cpio -l renumber-inodes -d 'Renumber inodes when storing them in the archive' complete -c cpio -s l -l link -d 'Link files instead of copying them, when possible' complete -c cpio -l absolute-filenames -d 'Do not strip file system prefix components from the file names' complete -c cpio -l no-absolute-filenames -d 'Create all files relative to the current directory' complete -c cpio -s 0 -l null -d 'Filenames in the list are delimited by null characters instead of newlines' complete -c cpio -s a -l reset-access-time -d 'Reset the access times of files after reading them' complete -c cpio -s I -d 'Use ARCHIVE-NAME instead of standard input' complete -c cpio -s L -l dereference -d 'Dereference symbolic links (copy the files that they point to instead of copy…' complete -c cpio -s d -l make-directories -d 'Create leading directories where needed' complete -c cpio -s m -l preserve-modification-time -d 'Retain previous file modification times when creating files' complete -c cpio -l no-preserve-owner -d 'Do not change the ownership of the files' complete -c cpio -l sparse -d 'Write files with large blocks of zeros as sparse files' complete -c cpio -s o -l create -d Copy-out complete -c cpio -s i -l extract -d Copy-in complete -c cpio -s p -l pass-through -d Pass-through complete -c cpio -s '?' -l help -d 'Give a short help summary and exit' complete -c cpio -l usage -d 'Print a short usage message and exit' complete -c cpio -l version -d 'Print program version and exit' complete -c cpio -s u -l unconditional -d 'Replace all files unconditionally'