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     AR(5)                                                       AR(5)

     NAME
          ar - archive (library) file format

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <ar.h>

     DESCRIPTION
          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, fol-
          lowed by the constituent files, each preceded by a file
          header.  The magic number and header layout as described in
          the include file are: