Format

CPIO

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Summary

Name: CPIO
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/635
Description: Cpio is a general file archiver utility and its associated file format, generally found in UNIX environments.
File extensions: cpio
Submitted by: Artefactual Systems Inc / Artefactual Systems Inc

Internal signatures

CPIO

Description: BOF - value of 70707 in octal = 71C7 - reversed for endianness
Provenance: https://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/cpio.4.asp

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: C771
Endianness: None

Changelog

V73

Release date

27 February 2014
- Added format
  
  cpio: Outline Entry Added. Submitted by Artefactual Systems Inc.
- Added signature
  
  cpio: Signature developed through a request from Artefactual Systems Inc