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.Ss Archive (library) file format
The Unix archives (commonly created by the
The Unix archive format (commonly created by the
.Xr ar 1
archiver) are mainly used as libraries of object files intended to
be loaded using the link-editor
archiver) is a general-purpose format which is
used almost exclusively for object files to be
read by the link editor
.Xr ld 1 .
Altough it is capable of creating archives for any purpose,
nowadays it is used only to create static libraries and
for other purpose,
.Xr tar 1
is the prefered way. The ar format has never been standardised,
currently there exist two commonly used format, one is
the GNU variant derived from SVR4, the other is the
BSD format first appeared in 4.4BSD.
Libarchive provides read and write support for both two variants.
The ar format has never been standardised.
There are two common variants:
the GNU format derived from SVR4,
and the BSD format, which first appeared in 4.4BSD.
Libarchive provides read and write support for both variants.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ar 1 ,
.Xr cpio 1 ,