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        !             4: NAME           ar -- archive
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        !             7: SYNOPSIS       ar__ key afile name918 ...
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        !            10: DESCRIPTION    ar__
        !            11: maintains groups of files
        !            12: combined into a single archive file.
        !            13: Its main use
        !            14: is to create and update library files as used by the loader.
        !            15: It can be used, though, for any similar purpose.
        !            16: .sp
        !            17: key___ is one character from the set drtux_____,
        !            18: optionally concatenated with v_.
        !            19: afile_____ is the archive file.
        !            20: The names_____ are constituent files in the archive file.
        !            21: The meanings of the key___ characters are:
        !            22: .sp
        !            23: d_ means delete the named files from the archive file.
        !            24: .sp
        !            25: r_ means replace the named files in the archive file.
        !            26: If the archive file does not exist, r_ will create it.
        !            27: If the named files are not in the archive file, they are appended.
        !            28: .sp
        !            29: t_ prints a table of contents of the archive file.
        !            30: If no names are given, all files in the archive are tabled.
        !            31: If names are given, only those files are tabled.
        !            32: .sp
        !            33: u_ is similar to r_ except that only those
        !            34: files that have been modified are replaced.
        !            35: If no names are given, all files in the archive that
        !            36: have been modified will be replaced by the modified version.
        !            37: .sp
        !            38: x_ will extract the named files.
        !            39: If no names are given, all files in the archive are
        !            40: extracted.
        !            41: In neither case does x_ alter the archive file.
        !            42: .sp
        !            43: v_ means verbose.
        !            44: Under the verbose option,
        !            45: ar__ gives a file-by-file
        !            46: description of the making of a
        !            47: new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files.
        !            48: The following abbreviations
        !            49: are used:
        !            50: .sp
        !            51:    c_ copy
        !            52:    a_ append
        !            53:    d_ delete
        !            54:    r_ replace
        !            55:    x_ extract
        !            56: .sp
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        !            58: FILES          /tmp/vtm?        temporary
        !            59: .sp
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        !            61: SEE ALSO       ld(I), archive(V)
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        !            64: DIAGNOSTICS    "Bad usage",
        !            65: "afile -- not in archive format",
        !            66: "cannot open temp file",
        !            67: "name -- cannot open",
        !            68: "name -- phase error",
        !            69: "name -- cannot create",
        !            70: "no archive file",
        !            71: "cannot create archive file",
        !            72: "name -- not found".
        !            73: .sp
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        !            75: BUGS           Option
        !            76: vt__ should be implemented as a table with more information.
        !            77: .sp
        !            78: There should be a way to specify the placement
        !            79: of a new file in an archive.
        !            80: Currently, it is placed at the end.
        !            81: 
        !            82: "ar x" changes the modified-date of the current
        !            83: directory to a random number.

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