cpio.h(7POSIX) POSIX Programmer's Manual cpio.h(7POSIX)
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NAME
cpio.h — cpio archive values
SYNOPSIS
#include <cpio.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <cpio.h> header shall define the symbolic constants needed by the c_mode field of the
cpio archive format, with the names and values given in the following table:
┌─────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┐
│ Name │ Description │ Value (Octal) │
├─────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┤
│C_IRUSR │ Read by owner. │ 0000400 │
│C_IWUSR │ Write by owner. │ 0000200 │
│C_IXUSR │ Execute by owner. │ 0000100 │
│C_IRGRP │ Read by group. │ 0000040 │
│C_IWGRP │ Write by group. │ 0000020 │
│C_IXGRP │ Execute by group. │ 0000010 │
│C_IROTH │ Read by others. │ 0000004 │
│C_IWOTH │ Write by others. │ 0000002 │
│C_IXOTH │ Execute by others. │ 0000001 │
│C_ISUID │ Set user ID. │ 0004000 │
│C_ISGID │ Set group ID. │ 0002000 │
│C_ISVTX │ On directories, restricted deletion flag. │ 0001000 │
│C_ISDIR │ Directory. │ 0040000 │
│C_ISFIFO │ FIFO. │ 0010000 │
│C_ISREG │ Regular file. │ 0100000 │
│C_ISBLK │ Block special. │ 0060000 │
│C_ISCHR │ Character special. │ 0020000 │
│C_ISCTG │ Reserved. │ 0110000 │
│C_ISLNK │ Symbolic link. │ 0120000 │
│C_ISSOCK │ Socket. │ 0140000 │
└─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┘
The <cpio.h> header shall define the following symbolic constant as a string:
MAGIC "070707"
The following sections are informative.
SEE ALSO
The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1‐2008, pax
COPYRIGHT
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1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
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