On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:09:20PM +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > The argument order should not matter here. The synopsis however seems to dictate it coming first:
cpio -o [-AaBcjLvZz] [-C bytes] [-F archive] [-H format] [-O archive] < name-list [> archive] cpio -i [-6BbcdfjmrSstuvZz] [-C bytes] [-E file] [-F archive] [-H format] [-I archive] [pattern ...] [< archive] cpio -p [-adLlmuv] destination-directory < name-list Are -o/-i/-p each coming first to properly separate the three use cases or doas that actually mean "-o must come first"?