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diff --git a/usr/man/man1/ar.1 b/usr/man/man1/ar.1
index fd1426f..826e144 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/man/man1/ar.1
+++ b/usr/man/man1/ar.1
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-.TH AR 1 
+.\"    @(#)ar.1        6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
+.\"
+.TH AR 1 "April 29, 1985"
+.AT 3

 .SH NAME
 ar \- archive and library maintainer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 ar \- archive and library maintainer
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -11,13 +14,20 @@ combined into a single archive file.
 Its main use
 is to create and update library files as used by the loader.
 It can be used, though, for any similar purpose.
 Its main use
 is to create and update library files as used by the loader.
 It can be used, though, for any similar purpose.

+.B N.B:
+This version of
+.I ar
+uses a ASCII-format archive which is portable among the various
+machines running \s-2UNIX\s0.
+Programs for dealing with older formats are available: see
+.IR arcv (8).

 .PP
 .I Key
 is one character from the set
 .B drqtpmx,
 optionally concatenated with
 one or more of
 .PP
 .I Key
 is one character from the set
 .B drqtpmx,
 optionally concatenated with
 one or more of

-.B vuaibcl.
+.B vuaibclo.

 .I Afile
 is the archive file.
 The
 .I Afile
 is the archive file.
 The


@@ -36,8 +46,7 @@ If the optional character
 .B u
 is used with
 .B r,
 .B u
 is used with
 .B r,

-then only those files with
-modified dates later than
+then only those files with `last-modified' dates later than

 the archive files are replaced.
 If an optional positioning character from the set
 .B abi
 the archive files are replaced.
 If an optional positioning character from the set
 .B abi


@@ -87,7 +96,11 @@ If no names are given, all files in the archive are
 extracted.
 In neither case does
 .B x
 extracted.
 In neither case does
 .B x

-alter the archive file.
+alter the archive file. Normally the `last-modified' date of each
+extracted file is the date when it is extracted. However, if
+.B o
+is used, the `last-modified' date is reset to the date recorded in the
+archive.

 .TP
 .B v
 Verbose.
 .TP
 .B v
 Verbose.


@@ -124,8 +137,11 @@ This option causes them to be placed in the local directory.
 .SH FILES
 /tmp/v*        temporaries
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH FILES
 /tmp/v*        temporaries
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-ld(1), ar(5),
-lorder(1)
+lorder(1), ld(1), ranlib(1), ar(5), arcv(8)

 .SH BUGS
 If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list,
 it may be put in the archive twice.
 .SH BUGS
 If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list,
 it may be put in the archive twice.

+.LP
+The `last-modified' date of a file will not be altered by the
+.B o
+option if the user is not the owner of the extracted file, or the super-user.