ar - archive library maintainer
ar -d [-vV] [-l] archive file...
ar -h [-lvV] [-s] archive [file...]
ar -m [-abilvVzZ] [posname] archive file...
ar -p [-vV] [-s] archive file...
ar -q [-clvVzZ] archive file...
ar -r [-cuvVzZ] [-abil] [posname] archive file...
ar -R [-lvVzZ] [-s] archive
ar -t [-vV] [-s] archive file...
ar -w [-lvV] [-s] archive
ar -x [-vV] [-osCT] archive file...
ar -input file
The token -- (double-dash) is accepted as a delimiter
indicating the end of options. Any following arguments are
treated as operands, even if they begin with the - character.
The following options and suboptions are Tru64 UNIX extensions
to the standard ar utility:
Options: -h, -input, -w, -R
Suboptions: -o, -z, -Z
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to
industry standards as follows:
ar: XPG4-UNIX
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information
about industry standards and associated tags.
The following options are supported: Positions new files
in the archive after the existing file named by the posname
operand. Positions new files in the archive before
the existing file named by the posname operand. Suppresses
the diagnostic message that the archiver prints
when it creates the specified archive file. Prevents
extracted files from replacing like-named files in the
file system. When -T is also used, this option is useful
to prevent truncated file names from replacing files with
the same prefix. Deletes the specified files from the
archive file. [Tru64 UNIX] Sets the file modification
times in the member headers of the named files to the current
date and time. If you do not specify any filenames,
ar sets the time stamps of all member headers. Positions
new files in the archive before the existing file named by
the posname operand (equivalent to -b). [Tru64
UNIX] Directs ar to read the contents of file file as if
the contents had been supplied on the command line.
Inside file, lines ending with a \ (backslash) are
treated as continuation lines, and lines starting
with # are treated as comment lines and ignored.
The -v option can be used to display the expansion
of the command line resulting from the use of
-input. The files can be nested up to 20 levels.
Places temporary files in the local current working
directory, instead of in the directory specified by
the environment variable TMPDIR or in the default
directory.
This option is scheduled to be withdrawn from a
future version of the X/Open CAE Specification.
Moves the specified files. The -a, -b, or -i suboptions
with the posname operand indicate the position.
Otherwise, moves the files to the end of the
archive. [Tru64 UNIX] Forces a newly created file
to have the last-modified date that it had before
it was extracted from the archive. Prints the contents
of the specified files from the archive. If
no files are specified, the contents of all files
are printed in the order of the archive. Quickly
appends the specified files to the end of the
archive file. The archiver does not check whether
the added members are already in the archive. This
is useful to bypass the searching otherwise done
when creating a large archive piece by piece.
Replaces or adds the specified files to the
archive. If the archive named by archive does not
exist, a new archive file is created. Files that
replace existing files do not change the order of
the archive. New files are appended to the archive.
[Tru64 UNIX] Replicates the entire archive, transferring
each file in the archive to the replica in
uncompressed form. If the -Z option is also specified,
each file in the archive is transferred to
the replica in compressed form. [XPG4-UNIX] Makes
a symbol definition file ("symdef" file) as the
first file of an archive. This file contains a hash
table of ranlib structures and a corresponding
string table. If you change the archive contents,
the "symdef" file becomes obsolete because archive
file symbols change. The ar command builds the symbol
table by default. Prints a table of contents
for the files in archive. The table includes the
files specified by the file operands. If no file
names are specified, all files in archive are
included in the order in which they appear in the
archive. Allows filename truncation of extracted
files whose archive names are longer than the file
system can support. By default, extracting a file
with a name that is too long is an error; a diagnostic
message is written and the file is not
extracted. Updates older files. When used with the
-r option, files within the archive are replaced
only if the corresponding file has a modification
time that is at least as new as the modification
time of the file within the archive. Gives verbose
output. When used with options -d, -r, or -x,
writes a detailed file-by-file description of the
archive creation and maintenance activity.
When used with option -p, the archiver precedes
each file with a name.
When used with option -t, the archiver lists all
information about the files in the archive, indicating
that a file has been compressed by placing a
"Z" in the column that precedes the filename. Displays
the version of the ar command. [Tru64
UNIX] Displays the archive symbol table. Each symbol
is listed with the name of the archive member
that defines the symbol. Extracts the specified
files from the archive. The contents of the archive
is not changed. If no file names are given, the
archiver extracts all files. The modification time
of each file extracted is set to the time the file
is extracted from the archive, unless the -o option
is also used. In the case of the -o option, the
archiver resets the last-modified date to the date
recorded in the archive. [Tru64 UNIX] Suppresses
symbol table building. [Tru64 UNIX] Compresses
each file as it is added to the archive.
The archive being created or modified. The name of a file
member either in an archive or being added to an archive.
The name of an archive file member.
The (ar) utility creates and maintains groups of files
combined into a single archive file. Generally, you use
this utility to create and update library files that the
link editor uses; however, you can use the archiver for
any similar purpose.
When ar creates an archive, it creates administrative
information in a format that is portable across all
machines. When the archive contains at least one object
file that ar recognizes as such, an archive symbol table,
which the link editor uses to search the archive file, is
created. Whenever ar is used to create or update the contents
of such an archive, the symbol table is rebuilt. The
-s option forces the symbol table to be rebuilt.
The ar(1) utility supports file name lengths up to the
limit supported by the operating system.
If you specify the same file twice in an argument list, it
can appear twice in the archive file.
The -o suboption does not change the last-modified date of
a file unless you own the extracted file or you are the
superuser.
The -s suboption is not operative as ar will always build
the hash table by default unless the -z suboption is specified.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES [Toc] [Back] The following environment variables affect the behavior of
ar: Provides a default value for the locale category variables
that are not set. If set, overrides the values of
all other locale variables. Determines the locale for the
interpretation of byte sequences as characters (singlebyte
or multibyte) in input parameters and files. Determines
the locale used to affect the format and contents of
diagnostic messages displayed by the command. Determines
the format and content for date and time strings written
by ar -tv. Determines the location of message catalogs
for processing of LC_MESSAGES. Determines the pathname
that overrides the default directory for temporary files,
if any.
Temporary files
Commands: ld(1), lorder(1)
Files: ar(4)
Standards: standards(5)
ar(1)
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