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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 19:21:22 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 19:21:22 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
.Fd #include <ar.h>
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The archive command
-.Nm ar
+.Nm
combines several files into one.
Archives are mainly used as libraries of object files intended to be
loaded using the link-editor
.Xr ld 1 .
.Pp
A file created with
-.Nm ar
+.Nm
begins with the ``magic'' string "!<arch>\en".
The rest of the archive is made up of objects, each of which is composed
of a header for a file, a possible file name, and the file contents.
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ character, although the size in the header does not reflect this.
.Xr stat 2
.Sh HISTORY
There have been at least four
-.Nm ar
+.Nm
formats.
The first was denoted by the leading ``magic'' number 0177555 (stored as
type int).
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