.th AR I 3/15/72.sh NAMEar \*- archive and library maintainer.sh SYNOPSIS.bd arkey afile name ....sh DESCRIPTION.it Armaintains groups of filescombined into a single archive file.Its main useis to create and update library files as used by the loader.It can be used, though, for any similar purpose..s3.it Keyis one character from the set.bd drtux,optionally concatenated with.bd v..it Afileis the archive file.The.it namesare constituent files in the archive file.The meanings of the.it keycharacters are:.s3.bd dmeans delete the named files from the archive file..s3.bd rmeans replace the named files in the archive file.If the archive file does not exist,.bd rcreates it.If the named files are not in the archive file, they are appended..s3.bd tprints a table of contents of the archive file.If no names are given, all files in the archive are tabled.If names are given, only those files are tabled..s3.bd uis similar to.bd rexcept that only thosefiles that have been modified are replaced.If no names are given, all files in the archive thathave been modified are replaced by the modified version..s3.bd xextracts the named files.If no names are given, all files in the archive areextracted.In neither case does.bd xalter the archive file..s3.bd vmeans verbose.Under the verbose option,.it argives a file-by-filedescription of the making of anew archive file from the old archive and the constituent files.The following abbreviationsare used:.s3.bd "   c"copy.bd "   a"append.bd "   d"delete.bd "   r"replace.bd "   x"extract.sh FILES/tmp/vtm?	temporary.sh "SEE ALSO"ld (I), archive (V).sh BUGSOption.bd tvshould be implemented as a table with more information..s3There should be a way to specify the placementof a new file in an archive.Currently, it is placed at the end..s3Since.it arhas not been rewritten todeal properly with the new file systemmodes,extracted files have mode 666..s3For the same reason,only the first 8 characters of file names are significant..s3If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list,it may be put in the archive twice.