ARCV(8)
NAME
arcv − convert archive files to new format
USAGE
arcv file
DESCRIPTION
The arcv command converts archive files created by the ar(1) command from PDP_11 format to a portable DOMAIN/IX format. The conversion operates directly on the file, exchanging the new format information for the old. The command returns the message “not archive format” if file is not in the old archive format.
The first line of each archive file is a ‘magic string’. The magic string of old format archive files is the number 0177545; new archive files have the first line “!<arch>”.
The DOMAIN/IX format is equivalent to VAX-11/780 archive format.
FILES
/tmp/v* temporary copy created during conversion