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 .TH AR 1 
+.UC 4
 .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.
+.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
@@ -124,8 +132,7 @@ This option causes them to be placed in the local directory.
 .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.