MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

ar(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities ar(1)

The following options modify the behavior of the main functions:

–c suppresses the normally printed message when a new archive ﬁle is created. You can

only use this in conjunction with the –r option.

–u when used with –r, replaces the archive member only if the member ﬁle’s modiﬁca-

tion time is more recent than the archive member time.

–v prints the command letter and the member name affected before performing each

operation. With –t, ar prints more information about archive members using a for-

mat similar to ls –l.

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 Successful completion.

1 An error occurred.

Messages

Message: archive is not a valid library (file code should be

NMRL)

Cause: The ﬁle code on the speciﬁed ﬁle was not NMRL

Action: Make sure that you have speciﬁed the correct ﬁle, and that it is a valid native-

mode relocatable library.

Message: can only specify one of ’drtx’

Cause: You speciﬁed more than one of the –d, –r, –t, and –x options on the command

line. You can specify only one of these options at a time.

Action: Consult the DESCRIPTION section and correct the command line.

Message: can only specify u or c with r

Cause: You speciﬁed the u or c option modiﬁer without specifying the –r option.

These option modiﬁers can only be used with the –r option.

Action: Consult the DESCRIPTION section and correct the command line.

Message: can’t open library ’archive’ for modification

Cause: The program was unable to open the ﬁle with write access.

Action: Make sure that you have the necessary permissions to write this ﬁle.

Message: can’t open library ’archive’ for reading

Cause: The program was unable to open the ﬁle with read access.

Action: Make sure that you have the necessary permissions to read this ﬁle.

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