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1.1     ! root        1: .th AR I 3/15/72
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: ar \*- archive and library maintainer
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd ar
        !             6: key afile name ...
        !             7: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .it Ar
        !             9: maintains groups of files
        !            10: combined into a single archive file.
        !            11: Its main use
        !            12: is to create and update library files as used by the loader.
        !            13: It can be used, though, for any similar purpose.
        !            14: .s3
        !            15: .it Key
        !            16: is one character from the set
        !            17: .bd drtux,
        !            18: optionally concatenated with
        !            19: .bd v.
        !            20: .it Afile
        !            21: is the archive file.
        !            22: The
        !            23: .it names
        !            24: are constituent files in the archive file.
        !            25: The meanings of the
        !            26: .it key
        !            27: characters are:
        !            28: .s3
        !            29: .bd d
        !            30: means delete the named files from the archive file.
        !            31: .s3
        !            32: .bd r
        !            33: means replace the named files in the archive file.
        !            34: If the archive file does not exist,
        !            35: .bd r
        !            36: will create it.
        !            37: If the named files are not in the archive file, they are appended.
        !            38: .s3
        !            39: .bd t
        !            40: prints a table of contents of the archive file.
        !            41: If no names are given, all files in the archive are tabled.
        !            42: If names are given, only those files are tabled.
        !            43: .s3
        !            44: .bd u
        !            45: is similar to
        !            46: .bd r
        !            47: except that only those
        !            48: files that have been modified are replaced.
        !            49: If no names are given, all files in the archive that
        !            50: have been modified will be replaced by the modified version.
        !            51: .s3
        !            52: .bd x
        !            53: will extract the named files.
        !            54: If no names are given, all files in the archive are
        !            55: extracted.
        !            56: In neither case does
        !            57: .bd x
        !            58: alter the archive file.
        !            59: .s3
        !            60: .bd v
        !            61: means verbose.
        !            62: Under the verbose option,
        !            63: .it ar
        !            64: gives a file-by-file
        !            65: description of the making of a
        !            66: new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files.
        !            67: The following abbreviations
        !            68: are used:
        !            69: .s3
        !            70: .bd "   c"
        !            71: copy
        !            72: .bd "   a"
        !            73: append
        !            74: .bd "   d"
        !            75: delete
        !            76: .bd "   r"
        !            77: replace
        !            78: .bd "   x"
        !            79: extract
        !            80: .sh FILES
        !            81: /tmp/vtm?      temporary
        !            82: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            83: ld(I), archive(V)
        !            84: .sh BUGS
        !            85: Option
        !            86: .bd tv
        !            87: should be implemented as a table with more information.
        !            88: .s3
        !            89: There should be a way to specify the placement
        !            90: of a new file in an archive.
        !            91: Currently, it is placed at the end.
        !            92: .s3
        !            93: Since
        !            94: .it ar
        !            95: has not been rewritten to
        !            96: deal properly with the new file system
        !            97: modes,
        !            98: extracted files have mode 666.

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