ar2 Archiver

Ar is a utility modeled loosely after the archive utility in "Software Tools" by Kernighan & Plauger. Its purpose is to gather files into a common file to save disk space and keep related files together.

Syntax

ar <-command>[options] <archive_name> [file_specification(s)]

Commands

• d: delete file(s) from the archive
• m: move file(s) to the archive (add and then delete)
• p: print file(s) to standard output
• t: print a table of contents for the archive
• u: update/add file(s) to the archive
• x: extract file(s) from the archive

Options

• a: include all versions of specified files
• bnn: set compression to 'nn' bits maximum
• o: make archives compatible with old ar
• s: suppress compression of binaries
• ss: suppress compression of all files
• z: get names of files to process from standard input