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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)old.8       4.1 (Berkeley) 4/27/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH OLD 8 "4/1/81"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: old \- directory of old programs
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /usr/old/bin
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B /usr/old/include
        !            15: .br
        !            16: .B /usr/old/lib
        !            17: .sp
        !            18: .B /usr/old/cc \-I/usr/old/include
        !            19: \&...
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: After the 3rd Berkeley Distribution,
        !            22: the formats for binary and archive files were changed.
        !            23: The binaries were modified to allow arbitrary length symbols,
        !            24: which required adding a string table
        !            25: at the end of the symbol table,
        !            26: and having symbol table entries point into the names in that table.
        !            27: The archive was modified to be a portable format,
        !            28: using strings instead of binary numbers,
        !            29: to avoid problems of different sizes of integers
        !            30: on different machines.
        !            31: These changes are incompatible with
        !            32: older formats.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .B /usr/old
        !            35: is the root of a hierarchy of
        !            36: binaries,
        !            37: include files,
        !            38: and libraries
        !            39: in the old
        !            40: binary and archive formats.
        !            41: They contain a complete set of programs and files
        !            42: necessary for people
        !            43: who need to deal
        !            44: with the original \s-2UNIX\s+2
        !            45: formats.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: In order to create new binaries in the old format,
        !            48: one must include the right header files.
        !            49: For example,
        !            50: to create a program called \*(lqfoo\*(rq
        !            51: which uses the old math library
        !            52: in the old format,
        !            53: say
        !            54: .br
        !            55: .IP
        !            56: .B /usr/old/cc \-I/usr/old/include
        !            57: [ 
        !            58: .I flags
        !            59: ] foo.c
        !            60: .B \-lm
        !            61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            62: arcv(8), ar(1), cc(1), a.out(5), ar(5)
        !            63: .SH BUGS

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