community/rpm2cpio/rpm2cpio.sh


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#!/bin/sh

# NB! needs bsdtar/libarchive v2.8+

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin

if [ $# -eq 0 -a ! -t 0 ]; then
        f=/dev/stdin
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
        f=$1
else
        echo Usage: rpm2cpio [file.rpm]
        echo dumps the contents to stdout as a GNU cpio archive
        exit 0
fi

bsdtar cf - --format=newc @- < ${f}