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NAME
bk sfio − BitKeeper file archiver

SYNOPSIS
bk sfio [−qm] −i < archive.sfio
bk sfio [−m] −p < archive.sfio
bk sfio [−qmf] −o < filelist

DESCRIPTION
The bk sfio command is similar to cpio(1). It exists because we were unable to find a single CPIO format which was portable across all of our supported platforms.

bk sfio is used to transfer data during bk import and bk clone commands.

There are three ways to run sfio, as listed above. The first creates files from an archive, the second lists the contents of an archive, and the third creates an archive from the specified list of files.

OPTIONS
−e Echo mode. After each file is archived or extracted print the file to stdout. This is separate from the print to stderr controlled by −q. It is intended to be used by programs that want to perform actions after each file is unpacked when reading over a slow pipe.
−i Extract all files from the archive.
−m Transfer file modes (default not to do so). If the archive was created with −m then it must be extracted with −m. We will not turn this on by default, transferring the file modes is not always the correct answer so we force it to be explicit.
−o Create an archive.
−p List contents of an archive.
−q Quiet mode, when combined with the create or extract, does not list files as they are added or extracted.
−f Force mode, when combined with extract, will overwrite existing files that exist in the archive.

NOTE
−m will become the default in a future version of bk sfio.

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