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| author | Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> | 2010-02-05 11:06:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> | 2010-02-05 11:06:31 +0100 |
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diff --git a/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.0/doc/text/cpio.5.txt b/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.0/doc/text/cpio.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ece811 --- /dev/null +++ b/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.0/doc/text/cpio.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@ +CPIO(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual CPIO(5) + +NAME + cpio -- format of cpio archive files + +DESCRIPTION + The cpio archive format collects any number of files, directories, and + other file system objects (symbolic links, device nodes, etc.) into a + single stream of bytes. + + General Format + Each file system object in a cpio archive comprises a header record with + basic numeric metadata followed by the full pathname of the entry and the + file data. The header record stores a series of integer values that gen- + erally follow the fields in struct stat. (See stat(2) for details.) The + variants differ primarily in how they store those integers (binary, + octal, or hexadecimal). The header is followed by the pathname of the + entry (the length of the pathname is stored in the header) and any file + data. The end of the archive is indicated by a special record with the + pathname ``TRAILER!!!''. + + PWB format + XXX Any documentation of the original PWB/UNIX 1.0 format? XXX + + Old Binary Format + The old binary cpio format stores numbers as 2-byte and 4-byte binary + values. Each entry begins with a header in the following format: + + struct header_old_cpio { + unsigned short c_magic; + unsigned short c_dev; + unsigned short c_ino; + unsigned short c_mode; + unsigned short c_uid; + unsigned short c_gid; + unsigned short c_nlink; + unsigned short c_rdev; + unsigned short c_mtime[2]; + unsigned short c_namesize; + unsigned short c_filesize[2]; + }; + + The unsigned short fields here are 16-bit integer values; the unsigned + int fields are 32-bit integer values. The fields are as follows + + magic The integer value octal 070707. This value can be used to deter- + mine whether this archive is written with little-endian or big- + endian integers. + + dev, ino + The device and inode numbers from the disk. These are used by + programs that read cpio archives to determine when two entries + refer to the same file. Programs that synthesize cpio archives + should be careful to set these to distinct values for each entry. + + mode The mode specifies both the regular permissions and the file + type. It consists of several bit fields as follows: + 0170000 This masks the file type bits. + 0140000 File type value for sockets. + 0120000 File type value for symbolic links. For symbolic links, + the link body is stored as file data. + 0100000 File type value for regular files. + 0060000 File type value for block special devices. + 0040000 File type value for directories. + 0020000 File type value for character special devices. + 0010000 File type value for named pipes or FIFOs. + 0004000 SUID bit. + 0002000 SGID bit. + 0001000 Sticky bit. On some systems, this modifies the behavior + of executables and/or directories. + 0000777 The lower 9 bits specify read/write/execute permissions + for world, group, and user following standard POSIX con- + ventions. + + uid, gid + The numeric user id and group id of the owner. + + nlink The number of links to this file. Directories always have a + value of at least two here. Note that hardlinked files include + file data with every copy in the archive. + + rdev For block special and character special entries, this field con- + tains the associated device number. For all other entry types, + it should be set to zero by writers and ignored by readers. + + mtime Modification time of the file, indicated as the number of seconds + since the start of the epoch, 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1970. The + four-byte integer is stored with the most-significant 16 bits + first followed by the least-significant 16 bits. Each of the two + 16 bit values are stored in machine-native byte order. + + namesize + The number of bytes in the pathname that follows the header. + This count includes the trailing NUL byte. + + filesize + The size of the file. Note that this archive format is limited + to four gigabyte file sizes. See mtime above for a description + of the storage of four-byte integers. + + The pathname immediately follows the fixed header. If the namesize is + odd, an additional NUL byte is added after the pathname. The file data + is then appended, padded with NUL bytes to an even length. + + Hardlinked files are not given special treatment; the full file contents + are included with each copy of the file. + + Portable ASCII Format + Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification (``SUSv2'') standardized an + ASCII variant that is portable across all platforms. It is commonly + known as the ``old character'' format or as the ``odc'' format. It + stores the same numeric fields as the old binary format, but represents + them as 6-character or 11-character octal values. + + struct cpio_odc_header { + char c_magic[6]; + char c_dev[6]; + char c_ino[6]; + char c_mode[6]; + char c_uid[6]; + char c_gid[6]; + char c_nlink[6]; + char c_rdev[6]; + char c_mtime[11]; + char c_namesize[6]; + char c_filesize[11]; + }; + + The fields are identical to those in the old binary format. The name and + file body follow the fixed header. Unlike the old binary format, there + is no additional padding after the pathname or file contents. If the + files being archived are themselves entirely ASCII, then the resulting + archive will be entirely ASCII, except for the NUL byte that terminates + the name field. + + New ASCII Format + The "new" ASCII format uses 8-byte hexadecimal fields for all numbers and + separates device numbers into separate fields for major and minor num- + bers. + + struct cpio_newc_header { + char c_magic[6]; + char c_ino[8]; + char c_mode[8]; + char c_uid[8]; + char c_gid[8]; + char c_nlink[8]; + char c_mtime[8]; + char c_filesize[8]; + char c_devmajor[8]; + char c_devminor[8]; + char c_rdevmajor[8]; + char c_rdevminor[8]; + char c_namesize[8]; + char c_check[8]; + }; + + Except as specified below, the fields here match those specified for the + old binary format above. + + magic The string ``070701''. + + check This field is always set to zero by writers and ignored by read- + ers. See the next section for more details. + + The pathname is followed by NUL bytes so that the total size of the fixed + header plus pathname is a multiple of four. Likewise, the file data is + padded to a multiple of four bytes. Note that this format supports only + 4 gigabyte files (unlike the older ASCII format, which supports 8 giga- + byte files). + + In this format, hardlinked files are handled by setting the filesize to + zero for each entry except the last one that appears in the archive. + + New CRC Format + The CRC format is identical to the new ASCII format described in the pre- + vious section except that the magic field is set to ``070702'' and the + check field is set to the sum of all bytes in the file data. This sum is + computed treating all bytes as unsigned values and using unsigned arith- + metic. Only the least-significant 32 bits of the sum are stored. + + HP variants + The cpio implementation distributed with HPUX used XXXX but stored device + numbers differently XXX. + + Other Extensions and Variants + Sun Solaris uses additional file types to store extended file data, + including ACLs and extended attributes, as special entries in cpio ar- + chives. + + XXX Others? XXX + +BUGS + The ``CRC'' format is mis-named, as it uses a simple checksum and not a + cyclic redundancy check. + + The old binary format is limited to 16 bits for user id, group id, + device, and inode numbers. It is limited to 4 gigabyte file sizes. + + The old ASCII format is limited to 18 bits for the user id, group id, + device, and inode numbers. It is limited to 8 gigabyte file sizes. + + The new ASCII format is limited to 4 gigabyte file sizes. + + None of the cpio formats store user or group names, which are essential + when moving files between systems with dissimilar user or group number- + ing. + + Especially when writing older cpio variants, it may be necessary to map + actual device/inode values to synthesized values that fit the available + fields. With very large filesystems, this may be necessary even for the + newer formats. + +SEE ALSO + cpio(1), tar(5) + +STANDARDS + The cpio utility is no longer a part of POSIX or the Single Unix Stan- + dard. It last appeared in Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification + (``SUSv2''). It has been supplanted in subsequent standards by pax(1). + The portable ASCII format is currently part of the specification for the + pax(1) utility. + +HISTORY + The original cpio utility was written by Dick Haight while working in + AT&T's Unix Support Group. It appeared in 1977 as part of PWB/UNIX 1.0, + the ``Programmer's Work Bench'' derived from Version 6 AT&T UNIX that was + used internally at AT&T. Both the old binary and old character formats + were in use by 1980, according to the System III source released by SCO + under their ``Ancient Unix'' license. The character format was adopted + as part of IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1''). XXX when did "newc" + appear? Who invented it? When did HP come out with their variant? When + did Sun introduce ACLs and extended attributes? XXX + +FreeBSD 8.0 October 5, 2007 FreeBSD 8.0 |
