4.3BSD-Reno/share/man/cat5/arformat.0

AR(5)			      1985			    AR(5)



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     ar - archive (library) file format

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

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

	  /*
	   * Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
	   * All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
	   * specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
	   *
	   *	  @(#)ar.h5.1 (Berkeley) 5/30/85
	   */

	  #define ARMAG  "!<arch>\n"
	  #define SARMAG 8

	  #define ARFMAG "`\n"

	  struct ar_hdr {
		  char	 ar_name[16];
		  char	 ar_date[12];
		  char	 ar_uid[6];
		  char	 ar_gid[6];
		  char	 ar_mode[8];
		  char	 ar_size[10];
		  char	 ar_fmag[2];
	  };

     The name is a blank-padded string.  The _a_r__f_m_a_g field con-
     tains ARFMAG to help verify the presence of a header.  The
     other fields are left-adjusted, blank-padded numbers.  They
     are decimal except for _a_r__m_o_d_e, which is octal.  The date is
     the modification date of the file at the time of its inser-
     tion 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 pad-
     ding.





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AR(5)			      1985			    AR(5)



     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.

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     ar(1), ld(1), nm(1)

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











































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