Hi.. Please tell me what it does?
$ ar -r libsldap.a
+1 for the attitude : )
rano
2010-09-06 11:37:35
-1 for the RTFM.
Yossarian
2010-09-06 12:00:33
@Yossarian: You're entitled to your opinion, of course. Neither of @pravin's questions have suggested the discovery or usage of `man`. @pravin is welcome to correct me and say "I've consulted the manpage but I'm still no clear as to what `ar` does...". Until then, my answer stands.
Johnsyweb
2010-09-06 12:05:44
@Yossarian? Have you read ESR's thoughts on RTFM? http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#rtfm
Johnsyweb
2010-09-07 03:32:28
your keyboard is broken. Three exclamation marks do not give a statement emphasis than one exclamation mark.
Peter Miehle
2010-09-06 11:53:53
@Peter Miehle: Sure they don't I was just imitating a friendly spam... as you can see, "HERE" is linked to a AR MAN page. (:
Cipi
2010-09-06 12:33:56
+4
A:
ar -r libsldap.a list-of-object-files
This line creates Linux static library, which is actually archive file that contains one or more .o files. Compiler is used previously to create these .o files.
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Program-Library-HOWTO/static-libraries.html
Alex Farber
2010-09-06 11:56:29
+1 for being the first to explain what is `ar` ( *ar* -chive) and so inform others without having to *click* to know simple things.
levif
2010-09-06 20:28:07