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diff --git a/usr/man/man1/ar.1 b/usr/man/man1/ar.1
index fd1426f..75223f2 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/man/man1/ar.1
+++ b/usr/man/man1/ar.1
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .TH AR 1 
 .TH AR 1 

+.UC 4

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


@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ 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 old (8).

 .PP
 .I Key
 is one character from the set
 .PP
 .I Key
 is one character from the set


@@ -124,8 +132,7 @@ 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), old(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.