AR(1) GNU Development Tools AR(1) (NAME) ar - (SYNOPSIS) ar [-X32_64] [-]p[mod] [--plugin name] [--target bfdname] [--output dirname] [--record-libdeps libdeps] [--thin] [relpos] [count] archive [member...] ar -M [< mri-script] (DESCRIPTION) ar . ( members ) . (permissions) (timestamp) . ar ar . ( a.out) ( coff) . ar (libraries) . ar --record-libdeps . ar s () (relocatable object modules) . ar ( q) . (linking) . nm -s nm --print-armap . ar ranlib . ar (thin archive) . (local build tree) . . . (flattened) . . . ar . ar -M (librarian) MRI. (OPTIONS) ar p mod . . p : d . member... . v ar . m . . "m" member a b i . p . v . member . q member... archive . a b i . v ar . ar ( ) . ar . - ar qs r - . r member... archive ( ). q . member... ar . a b i . v a r ( ) . s . . . t archive member... . O . (/) v . member . ( fie) ( b.a) ar t b.a fie -- ar t b.a. x ( member) . v ar . member . P : ".." . --output . (mod) p : a . a relpos archive . b . b relpos archive ( i). c . archive . D (deterministic). UID GID . ar . binutils --enable-deterministic-archives . U . f . ar . ar . f . i . i relpos archive ( b). l . . : l "-L/usr/local/lib -lmydep1 -lmydep2" N count. . count . o . . O . t . P . POSIX . ar P . P r P . : ar rcST archive.a subdir/file1 subdir/file2 file1 "subdir/file1" "file1" . P . s . . ar s ranlib . S . . S ar ranlib . T --thin. T ar X/Open T . u ar r... . . u r () . qu q . - (deterministic) D u . U (deterministic). D : UID GID . binutils --enable-deterministic-archives . v (verbose) . v . V ar . ar : --help ar . --version ar . -X32_64 ar -X32_64 AIX . ar . ar -X -X32 ar AIX . --plugin name --plugin name ar name (LTO) . (toolchain) . --plugin ar ${libdir}/bfd-plugins . -plugin ld . ar ${libdir}/bfd-plugins . GCC liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0 . Clang LLVMgold.so . GCC (backwards compatible) . --target target --target bfdname . --output dirname --output . . - x . --record-libdeps libdeps --record-libdeps l . --thin archive . archive . @file file. @file . file . file . . ( ) . file @file . (SEE ALSO) nm(1) ranlib(1) Info binutils. (COPYRIGHT) (C) 1991-2026 (Free Software Foundation, Inc.) / << >> (GNU Free Documentation License) . . <> . binutils-2.47 2026-08-11 AR(1)