noft Manual (G06.27+, H06.03+, J06.03+)

ar Utility
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archive
depends on the platform:
The maximum size of an archive in the Guardian environment is 128,073,728
bytes. If operations on an archive cause it to exceed that size, ar returns an error,
and the archive becomes corrupted.
file
can be PIC or non-PIC and depends on the platform:
The possible combinations of options and operands are:
Environment archive
Guardian is the path name of the archive to be created or modified. Archives
created in the Guardian environment are given file code 700.
OSS is the file name of the archive to be created or modified.
PC is the file name of the archive to be created or modified. It can be
partially or fully qualified and can include system and folder names.
Environment file
Guardian is the fully qualified or partially qualified file name of a file whose file
code is 100, 180, or 700. If partially qualified, the value of the
#DEFAULTS DEFINE supplies the missing components of the file
name.
OSS is the path name of a file name.
PC is a fully qualified or partially qualified path name, which can include
system or folder names. You can use wild-card characters (? and *)
in the file name portion of the path but not in folder names.
ar -d [-v] [-l] archive ...
ar -m [-abilv] [
position-name] archive ...
ar -p [-v] [-s] archive [file ...]
ar -q [-clv]
archive [file ...]
ar -r [-cuv] [-abil] [position-name] archive [file ...]
ar -t [-v] [-s] [-Wfiletype] archive [file ...]
ar -x [-v] [-sCT] archive [file ...]