• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• Archive::Cpio::read_all($filehandle)
• Archive::Cpio::write_all($filehandle, $list_ref)
• Archive::Cpio::read_all($filehandle)
• Archive::Cpio::write_one($filehandle, $entry)
• Archive::Cpio::write_trailer($filehandle)
• AUTHOR

NAME

Archive::Cpio - module for manipulations of cpio archives

SYNOPSIS

    use Archive::Cpio;

    # simple example removing entry "foo"

    while (my $e = Archive::Cpio::read_one(\*STDIN)) {
         if ($e->{name} ne 'foo') {
               Archive::Cpio::write_one(\*STDOUT, $e);
         }
    }
    Archive::Cpio::write_trailer(\*STDOUT);

DESCRIPTION

Archive::Cpio provides a few functions to read and write cpio files.

Archive::Cpio::read_all($filehandle)

Returns a list of entries

Archive::Cpio::write_all($filehandle, $list_ref)

Writes the entries and the trailer

Archive::Cpio::read_all($filehandle)

Returns the next entry

Archive::Cpio::write_one($filehandle, $entry)

Writes an entry (beware, a valid cpio needs a trailer using write_trailer)

Archive::Cpio::write_trailer($filehandle)

Writes an entry (beware, a valid cpio needs a trailer using write_trailer)

AUTHOR

Pascal Rigaux <pixel@mandriva.com>