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) GNU ar . ( ) . () . GNU ar ar . ( a.out) ( coff) . ar . --record-libdeps ar . s ar . ar ( q) . . nm -s nm --print-armap . ar ranlib . GNU ar (thin) . . thin () . . . (flattened) . . . GNU ar . ar Unix -M MRI "librarian" ..SH " (OPTIONS)" GNU 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 . GNU ar . - GNU 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 . (thin archive) P : ".." . --output . (mod) p : a . a relpos archive . b . b relpos archive ( i). c . archive . . D (deterministic). UIDs GIDs . ar . binutils --enable-deterministic-archives . U . f . GNU ar . ar . f . i . i relpos archive ( b). l . . : l "-L/usr/local/lib -lmydep1 -lmydep2" N count. . count . o . . O . t ..IP P 4 . POSIX GNU . GNU ar P (thin archive) . P r P . ar rcST archive.a subdir/file1 subdir/file2 file1 "subdir/file1" "file1" . P . s (index) . . ar s ranlib . S (symbol table) . . S ar ranlib . T --thin. T ar X/Open System Interface 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 . GNU ar . ar -X -X32 AIX ar . --plugin name --plugin name ar name (link-time optimization). (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 (whitespace) . . ( ) . file @file ..SH " (SEE ALSO)" nm(1) ranlib(1) Info binutils. (COPYRIGHT) Copyright (c) 1991-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. / << >> (GNU Free Documentation License) . (Free Software Foundation) (Invariant Sections) (Front-Cover Texts) (Back-Cover Texts). "GNU Free Documentation License" . binutils-2.47 2026-08-31 AR(1)