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ar − archive (library) file format
#include <ar.h>
The archive command ar is used to combine several files into one. Archives are used mainly as libraries to be searched by the link-editor ld.
A file produced by ar has a magic number at the start, followed by the constituent files, each preceded by a file header. The magic number and header layout as described in the include file are:
/* Header
describing ’ar’ archive file format.
Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C
Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
The GNU C
Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have
received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the
Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
#ifndef _AR_H
#define _AR_H 1
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
/* Archive
files start with the ARMAG identifying string. Then follows
a
’struct ar_hdr’, and as many bytes of member
file data as its ’ar_size’
member indicates, for each member file. */
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#define ARMAG | |||
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"!<arch>0/* String that begins an archive file. */ |
#define SARMAG8/* Size of that string. */
#define ARFMAG"’0/* String in ar_fmag at end of each header. */
__BEGIN_DECLS
struct ar_hdr
{
char ar_name[16];/* Member file name, sometimes /
terminated. */
char ar_date[12];/* File date, decimal seconds since Epoch.
*/
char ar_uid[6], ar_gid[6];/* User and group IDs, in ASCII
decimal. */
char ar_mode[8];/* File mode, in ASCII octal. */
char ar_size[10];/* File size, in ASCII decimal. */
char ar_fmag[2];/* Always contains ARFMAG. */
};
__END_DECLS
#endif /* ar.h */
The name is a null-terminated string; the date is in the form of time(2); the user ID and group ID are numbers; the mode is a bit pattern per chmod(2); the size is counted in bytes.
Each file begins on a word boundary; a null byte is inserted between files if necessary. Nevertheless the size given reflects the actual size of the file exclusive of padding.
Notice there is no provision for empty areas in an archive file.
ar(1), ld(1), nm(1)
Coding user and group IDs as characters is a botch.
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