cpio.h(7POSIX)

PROLOG
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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.

APPLICATION USAGE
None.

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1-2017, pax

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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