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- .th AR I 3/15/72
- .sh NAME
- ar \*- archive and library maintainer
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd ar
- key afile name ...
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it 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.
- .s3
- .it Key
- is one character from the set
- .bd drtux,
- optionally concatenated with
- .bd v.
- .it Afile
- is the archive file.
- The
- .it names
- are constituent files in the archive file.
- The meanings of the
- .it key
- characters are:
- .s3
- .bd d
- means delete the named files from the archive file.
- .s3
- .bd r
- means replace the named files in the archive file.
- If the archive file does not exist,
- .bd r
- creates it.
- If the named files are not in the archive file, they are appended.
- .s3
- .bd t
- prints 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.
- .s3
- .bd u
- is similar to
- .bd r
- except that only those
- files that have been modified are replaced.
- If no names are given, all files in the archive that
- have been modified are replaced by the modified version.
- .s3
- .bd x
- extracts the named files.
- If no names are given, all files in the archive are
- extracted.
- In neither case does
- .bd x
- alter the archive file.
- .s3
- .bd v
- means verbose.
- Under the verbose option,
- .it ar
- gives a file-by-file
- description of the making of a
- new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files.
- The following abbreviations
- are used:
- .s3
- .bd " c"
- copy
- .bd " a"
- append
- .bd " d"
- delete
- .bd " r"
- replace
- .bd " x"
- extract
- .sh FILES
- /tmp/vtm? temporary
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- ld (I), archive (V)
- .sh BUGS
- Option
- .bd tv
- should be implemented as a table with more information.
- .s3
- There should be a way to specify the placement
- of a new file in an archive.
- Currently, it is placed at the end.
- .s3
- Since
- .it ar
- has not been rewritten to
- deal properly with the new file system
- modes,
- extracted files have mode 666.
- .s3
- For the same reason,
- only the first 8 characters of file names are significant.
- .s3
- If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list,
- it may be put in the archive twice.
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