Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.27+, H06.04+)

User Commands (a - b) ar(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
ar: creating archive archive.
Informative message. The archive file specified in the command did not exist and
has been created.
ar: archive: Guardian or User Defined Error 43
The ar utility cannot obtain disk space for a file extent.
ar: archive: Guardian or User Defined Error 45
The resulting file size exceeds 128,073,728 bytes and the file is not a valid
archive file.
EXIT VALUES
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: c89(1), eld(1), ld(1), make(1), nld(1), nm(1), strip(1).
Files: ar(4).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
This command conforms to the XPG4 Version 2 specification with extensions and UNIX exten-
sions. The -W flags are HP extensions to the specification.
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