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'''ar''' is a non-compressed archive format for [[Unix]]-style operating systems. It was mostly superseded by [[Tape Archive|tar]] for general archiving use, but persists in use for specialized applications involving linkable libraries for development. | '''ar''' is a non-compressed archive format for [[Unix]]-style operating systems. It was mostly superseded by [[Tape Archive|tar]] for general archiving use, but persists in use for specialized applications involving linkable libraries for development. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are at least 5 different variants of the ar file format since it has never been formally standardized: AIX(big), AIX(small), Coherent, BSD, and GNU. | There are at least 5 different variants of the ar file format since it has never been formally standardized: AIX(big), AIX(small), Coherent, BSD, and GNU. | ||
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| + | == Examples == | ||
| + | To list the contents of an archive, using the <code>ar</code> utility: | ||
| + | $ ar tv example.a | ||
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| + | To extract the contents of an archive: | ||
| + | $ ar xvo example.a | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ GNU Binutils] → ar | ||
| + | * [http://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-ar.html llvm-ar] | ||
| + | * {{Deark}} | ||
| + | * {{XAD}} | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/arArchive}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:43, 12 April 2024
- For another "ar" format, see ar (Haruhiko Okumura).
ar is a non-compressed archive format for Unix-style operating systems. It was mostly superseded by tar for general archiving use, but persists in use for specialized applications involving linkable libraries for development.
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[edit] Overview
There are at least 5 different variants of the ar file format since it has never been formally standardized: AIX(big), AIX(small), Coherent, BSD, and GNU.
[edit] Examples
To list the contents of an archive, using the ar utility:
$ ar tv example.a
To extract the contents of an archive:
$ ar xvo example.a
[edit] Software
[edit] Sample files
[edit] References
- Wikipedia page for the ar archiver
- IBM AIX documentation on scribd here (page 386+; someone might find a better accessible version)
- Also from IBM is this description (and this for the "small" variant)
- The Microsoft PE/COFF documentation also has a section on .lib files which use the same format
