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CPIO File - What is a .cpio file and how do I open it?
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What is a CPIO file? File archive created in the Unix CPIO (Copy In, Copy Out) format, an uncompressed file container format used for grouping files together; similar to a .TAR archive and can be compressed into a .CPGZ file using Gzip compression.
More Information The "ditto" BSD utility can be used to create and extract CPIO files. For example, ditto -c creates a CPIO archive. The Java Commons Compress API can also be used for creating and extracting CPIO archives.
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What is a CPIO file?
File archive created in the Unix CPIO (Copy In, Copy Out) format, an uncompressed file container format used for grouping files together; similar to a .TAR archive and can be compressed into a .CPGZ file using Gzip compression.
More Information
The "ditto" BSD utility can be used to create and extract CPIO files. For example, ditto -c creates a CPIO archive. The Java Commons Compress API can also be used for creating and extracting CPIO archives.
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Programs that open CPIO files
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PeaZip
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Free
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Apple Archive Utility
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Incredible Bee Archiver
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Apache Commons Compress
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ditto
Free
The Unarchiver
Free
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GNU cpio
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ditto
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Apache Commons Compress
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123apps Archive Extractor
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Updated: November 18, 2016