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58e87b18 | 3 | .TH AR 1 "" |
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4 | .AT 3 |
5 | .SH NAME | |
6 | ar \- archive and library maintainer | |
7 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
8 | .B ar | |
9 | key [ posname ] afile name ... | |
10 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
11 | .I Ar | |
12 | maintains groups of files | |
13 | combined into a single archive file. | |
14 | Its main use | |
15 | is to create and update library files as used by the loader. | |
16 | It can be used, though, for any similar purpose. | |
17 | .B N.B: | |
18 | This version of | |
19 | .I ar | |
20 | uses a ASCII-format archive which is portable among the various | |
21 | machines running \s-2UNIX\s0. | |
22 | Programs for dealing with older formats are available: see | |
84dbc84a | 23 | .IR arcv (8). |
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24 | .PP |
25 | .I Key | |
26 | is one character from the set | |
27 | .B drqtpmx, | |
28 | optionally concatenated with | |
29 | one or more of | |
84dbc84a | 30 | .B vuaibclo. |
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31 | .I Afile |
32 | is the archive file. | |
33 | The | |
34 | .I names | |
35 | are constituent files in the archive file. | |
36 | The meanings of the | |
37 | .I key | |
38 | characters are: | |
39 | .TP | |
40 | .B d | |
41 | Delete the named files from the archive file. | |
42 | .TP | |
43 | .B r | |
44 | Replace the named files in the archive file. | |
45 | If the optional character | |
46 | .B u | |
47 | is used with | |
48 | .B r, | |
84dbc84a | 49 | then only those files with `last-modified' dates later than |
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50 | the archive files are replaced. |
51 | If an optional positioning character from the set | |
52 | .B abi | |
53 | is used, then the | |
54 | .I posname | |
55 | argument must be present | |
56 | and specifies that new files are to be placed | |
57 | after | |
58 | .RB ( a ) | |
59 | or before | |
60 | .RB ( b | |
61 | or | |
62 | .BR i ) | |
63 | .IR posname . | |
64 | Otherwise | |
65 | new files are placed at the end. | |
66 | .TP | |
67 | .B q | |
68 | Quickly append the named files to the end of the archive file. | |
69 | Optional positioning characters are invalid. | |
70 | The command does not check whether the added members | |
71 | are already in the archive. | |
72 | Useful only to avoid quadratic behavior when creating a large | |
73 | archive piece-by-piece. | |
74 | .TP | |
75 | .B t | |
76 | Print a table of contents of the archive file. | |
77 | If no names are given, all files in the archive are tabled. | |
78 | If names are given, only those files are tabled. | |
79 | .TP | |
80 | .B p | |
81 | Print the named files in the archive. | |
82 | .TP | |
83 | .B m | |
84 | Move the named files to the end of the archive. | |
85 | If a positioning character is present, | |
86 | then the | |
87 | .I posname | |
88 | argument must be present and, | |
89 | as in | |
90 | .B r, | |
91 | specifies where the files are to be moved. | |
92 | .TP | |
93 | .B x | |
94 | Extract the named files. | |
95 | If no names are given, all files in the archive are | |
96 | extracted. | |
97 | In neither case does | |
98 | .B x | |
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99 | alter the archive file. Normally the `last-modified' date of each |
100 | extracted file is the date when it is extracted. However, if | |
101 | .B o | |
102 | is used, the `last-modified' date is reset to the date recorded in the | |
103 | archive. | |
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104 | .TP |
105 | .B v | |
106 | Verbose. | |
107 | Under the verbose option, | |
108 | .I ar | |
109 | gives a file-by-file | |
110 | description of the making of a | |
111 | new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files. | |
112 | When used with | |
113 | .B t, | |
114 | it gives a long listing of all information about the files. | |
115 | When used with | |
116 | .BR p , | |
117 | it precedes each file with a name. | |
118 | .TP | |
119 | .B c | |
120 | Create. | |
121 | Normally | |
122 | .I ar | |
123 | will create | |
124 | .I afile | |
125 | when it needs to. | |
126 | The create option suppresses the | |
127 | normal message that is produced when | |
128 | .I afile | |
129 | is created. | |
130 | .TP | |
131 | .B l | |
132 | Local. | |
133 | Normally | |
134 | .I ar | |
135 | places its temporary files in the directory /tmp. | |
136 | This option causes them to be placed in the local directory. | |
137 | .SH FILES | |
138 | /tmp/v* temporaries | |
139 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
84dbc84a | 140 | lorder(1), ld(1), ranlib(1), ar(5), arcv(8) |
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141 | .SH BUGS |
142 | If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list, | |
143 | it may be put in the archive twice. | |
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144 | .LP |
145 | The `last-modified' date of a file will not be altered by the | |
146 | .B o | |
147 | option if the user is not the owner of the extracted file, or the super-user. |