rpm2archive - Man Page

rpm2archive [options] [PACKAGE_FILE] .​.​.​

rpm2archive converts RPM package files to other archive formats.​

If the standard output is a regular file or a pipe, the archive is written to the standard output.​ If the standard output is a terminal, the output is written to a file by the same name, appended with a .​tgz or .​cpio.​gz suffix when compressed or .​tar or .​cpio otherwise depending on the format.​ The output is compressed in the gzip(1) format by default.​

rpm2archive does not verify package-level signatures or checksums, but it does verify the per-file checksums.​

Supports RPM package formats 3, 4 and 6.​

PACKAGE_FILE

A binary or source RPM package.​

If no arguments are present, or a dash (-) is given as an argument, data is read from the standard input.​

-n,  --nocompression

Generate an uncompressed archive.​ If in the file creation mode, use .​tar as postfix of the filename.​

-f,  --format=<FORMAT>

Generate archive in specified FORMAT:

• pax: Restricted Portable Archive Exchange as used by tar(1) (default)
• cpio: The "new" ASCII cpio(5) format.​ Note that this format has a 4GB limit on the individual file size.​

On success, 0 is returned, a nonzero failure code otherwise.​

rpm2archive glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm | tar -xvz

Extract glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm package contents with tar(1).​

rpm2archive --nocompression --format=cpio glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm | cpio -idv

Extract glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm package contents as an uncompressed cpio(5), compatible with rpm2cpio(1) output.​

rpm2archive glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm ; tar -xvz glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm.​tgz

Extract glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm package contents into an archive named glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm.​tgz and extract the written archive with tar(1).​

cat glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm | rpm2archive - | tar -tvz

Feed glint-1.​0-1.​i386.​rpm package into rpm2archive via standard input, and list contents with tar(1).​

rpm2cpio(1), rpm(8)