Improve the description of the -q option.

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Kai Wang 2010-12-26 18:12:13 +00:00
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@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ utility can create and manage an archive symbol table (see
.Xr ar 5 )
used to speed up link editing operations.
If a symbol table is present in an archive, it will be
kept up-to-date by subsequent operations on the archive (excepting
the quick update specified by the
.Fl q
option).
kept up-to-date by subsequent operations on the archive.
.Pp
The
.Nm ranlib
@ -254,16 +251,11 @@ Append the files specified by arguments
.Ar
to the archive specified by argument
.Ar archive
without checking if the files already exist in the archive and
without updating the archive's symbol table.
If the archive file
without checking if the files already exist in the archive.
The archive symbol table will be updated as needed.
If the file specified by the argument
.Ar archive
does not already exist, a new archive is created.
However, to be compatible with GNU
.Nm ,
option
.Fl q
will update the archive's symbol table.
does not already exist, a new archive will be created.
.It Fl r
Replace (add) the files specified by arguments
.Ar