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1.1     ! root        1: .TH AR 5  "15 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: ar \- archive (library) file format
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B #include <ar.h>
        !             6: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: The archive command
        !             9: .I ar
        !            10: combines several files into one.
        !            11: Archives are used mainly as libraries to be searched by the link-editor
        !            12: .I ld.
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: A file produced by
        !            15: .I ar
        !            16: has a magic string at the start,
        !            17: followed by the constituent files, each preceded by a file header.
        !            18: The magic number and header layout as described in the include file are:
        !            19: .RS
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .nf
        !            22: .ta \w'#define 'u +\w'SARMAG 'u
        !            23: .ec %
        !            24: .so /usr/include/ar.h
        !            25: .ec \
        !            26: .fi
        !            27: .RE
        !            28: .LP
        !            29: The name is a blank-padded string.
        !            30: The
        !            31: .I ar_fmag
        !            32: field contains ARFMAG to help verify the presence of a header.
        !            33: The other fields are left-adjusted, blank-padded numbers.
        !            34: They are decimal except for
        !            35: .IR ar_mode ,
        !            36: which is octal.
        !            37: The date is the modification date of the file
        !            38: at the time of its insertion into the archive.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: Each file begins on a even (0 mod 2) boundary;
        !            41: a new-line is inserted between files if necessary.
        !            42: Nevertheless the size given reflects the
        !            43: actual size of the file exclusive of padding.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: There is no provision for empty areas in an archive file.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: The encoding of the header is portable across machines.
        !            48: If an archive contains printable files, the archive itself is printable.
        !            49: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            50: ar(1), ld(1), nm(1)
        !            51: .SH BUGS
        !            52: File names lose trailing blanks.
        !            53: Most software dealing with archives takes even
        !            54: an included blank as a name terminator.

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