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AR(1)									 AR(1)

NAME
       ar - archive and library maintainer

SYNOPSIS
       ar key [ posname ] afile name ...

DESCRIPTION
       Ar  maintains groups of files 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.  N.B: This version of
       ar uses a ASCII-format archive which  is	 portable  among  the  various
       machines	 running  UNIX.	  Programs  for dealing with older formats are
       available: see arcv(8).

       Key is one character from the set drqtpmx, optionally concatenated with
       one  or	more  of  vuaibclo.  Afile is the archive file.	 The names are
       constituent files in  the  archive  file.   The	meanings  of  the  key
       characters are:

       d      Delete the named files from the archive file.

       r      Replace  the  named  files in the archive file.  If the optional
	      character u is used with r, then only those  files  with	`last-
	      modified'	 dates	later than the archive files are replaced.  If
	      an optional positioning character from the set abi is used, then
	      the  posname  argument  must  be	present and specifies that new
	      files are to be placed after (a) or before  (b  or  i)  posname.
	      Otherwise new files are placed at the end.

       q      Quickly  append  the named files to the end of the archive file.
	      Optional positioning characters are invalid.  The	 command  does
	      not  check whether the added members are already in the archive.
	      Useful only to avoid quadratic behavior when  creating  a	 large
	      archive piece-by-piece.

       t      Print  a table of contents of the archive file.  If no names are
	      given, all files in the archive are tabled.  If names are given,
	      only those files are tabled.

       p      Print the named files in the archive.

       m      Move  the	 named	files  to  the	end  of	 the  archive.	 If  a
	      positioning character is present, then the posname argument must
	      be  present  and,	 as  in r, specifies where the files are to be
	      moved.

       x      Extract the named files.	If no names are given,	all  files  in
	      the  archive  are	 extracted.   In neither case does x alter the
	      archive  file.  Normally	the  `last-modified'  date   of	  each
	      extracted	 file  is the date when it is extracted. However, if o
	      is used, the `last-modified' date is reset to the date  recorded
	      in the archive.

       v      Verbose.	 Under	the  verbose  option,  ar gives a file-by-file
	      description of the making of a new archive  file	from  the  old
	      archive and the constituent files.  When used with t, it gives a
	      long listing of all information about the files.	When used with
	      p, it precedes each file with a name.

       c      Create.	Normally  ar  will create afile when it needs to.  The
	      create option suppresses the normal  message  that  is  produced
	      when afile is created.

       l      Local.   Normally ar places its temporary files in the directory
	      /tmp.  This option  causes  them	to  be	placed	in  the	 local
	      directory.

FILES
       /tmp/v*	 temporaries

SEE ALSO
       lorder(1), ld(1), ranlib(1), ar(5), arcv(8)

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

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

7th Edition			April 29, 1985				 AR(1)
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