noft Manual (G06.26+)

Introduction
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ar
ar
Use the ar utility to:
Create archives from groups of files
Modify archives by:
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Adding files
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Extracting files
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Deleting files
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Replacing files
Archives created by the ar utility can be used by the nld and ld utilities.
When an archive contains one or more native (TNS/R) files, nld and ld can use that
archive as an object file library. If an archive contains both TNS and TNS/R files, nld
and ld cannot use that archive. If a mixed file is created on a Windows platform, it is
not flagged as erroneous, but only because Windows does not recognize TNS files as
object files.
The ar utility runs in these environments:
Guardian
Open System Services (OSS)
These PC platforms:
For more information, see:
Section 5, ar Utility
Section 6, ar Diagnostic Messages
Platform
Operating System
Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP
TDS* Yes Yes No No
ETK** No Yes Yes Yes
* HP Tandem Development Suite
** HP Enterprise Toolkit—NonStop Edition