AR(F)                    XENIX System V                     AR(F)



     Name
          ar - Archive file format.

     Description
          The archive command ar is used to combine several files into
          one.  Archives are used mainly as libraries to be searched
          by the link editor ld(C).

          A file produced by ar has a magic number at the start,
          followed by the constituent files, each preceded by a file
          header.  The magic number is 0177545 octal (or 0xff65
          hexadecimal).  The header of each file is declared in
          /usr/include/ar.h.

          Each file begins on a word boundary; a null byte is inserted
          between files if necessary.  Nevertheless the size given
          reflects the actual size of the file exclusive of padding.

          Notice there is no provision for empty areas in an archive
          file.

     See Also
          ar(CP), ld(CP)
































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