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AR(5)									 AR(5)

NAME
       ar - archive (library) file format

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ar.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The  archive  command ar combines several files into one.  Archives are
       used mainly as libraries to be searched by the link-editor ld.

       A file produced by ar has a magic string at the start, followed by  the
       constituent  files,  each  preceded by a file header.  The magic number
       and header layout as described in the include file are:

       The name is a blank-padded string.  The ar_fmag field  contains	ARFMAG
       to  help	 verify	 the presence of a header.  The other fields are left-
       adjusted, blank-padded numbers.	They are decimal except	 for  ar_mode,
       which  is  octal.  The date is the modification date of the file at the
       time of its insertion into the archive.

       Each file begins on a even (0 mod 2) boundary; a new-line  is  inserted
       between	files  if necessary.  Nevertheless the size given reflects the
       actual size of the file exclusive of padding.

       There is no provision for empty areas in an archive file.

       The encoding of the header is portable across machines.	If an  archive
       contains printable files, the archive itself is printable.

SEE ALSO
       ar(1), ld(1), nm(1)

BUGS
       File  names  lose trailing blanks.  Most software dealing with archives
       takes even an included blank as a name terminator.

7th Edition			 May 15, 1985				 AR(5)
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