The other two are at least available when using GNU ar. You can use an MRI script (named for example libaz.mri), such as:
create libaz.a
addlib libabc.a
addlib libxyz.a
save
end
and then execute ar as:
ar -M <libaz.mri =================================================================================================================================
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1.2 Controlling ar with a Script
ar -M [ <script ]If you use the single command-line option `-M' with ar, youcan control its operation with a rudimentary command language. Thisform of ar operates interactively if standard input is comingdirectly from a terminal. During interactive use, ar prompts forinput (the prompt is `AR >'), and continues executing even aftererrors. If you redirect standard input to a script file, no prompts areissued, and ar abandons execution (with a nonzero exit code)on any error.
The ar command language is not designed to be equivalentto the command-line options; in fact, it provides somewhat less controlover archives. The only purpose of the command language is to ease thetransition to gnu ar for developers who already have scriptswritten for the MRI “librarian” program.
The syntax for the ar command language is straightforward:
- commands are recognized in upper or lower case; for example,
LIST
is the same aslist
. In the following descriptions, commands areshown in upper case for clarity. - a single command may appear on each line; it is the first word on theline.
- empty lines are allowed, and have no effect.
- comments are allowed; text after either of the characters `*'or `;' is ignored.
- Whenever you use a list of names as part of the argument to an arcommand, you can separate the individual names with either commas orblanks. Commas are shown in the explanations below, for clarity.
- `+' is used as a line continuation character; if `+' appearsat the end of a line, the text on the following line is considered partof the current command.
Here are the commands you can use in ar scripts, or when usingar interactively. Three of them have special significance:
OPEN
or CREATE
specify a current archive, which isa temporary file required for most of the other commands.
SAVE
commits the changes so far specified by the script. Priorto SAVE
, commands affect only the temporary copy of the currentarchive.
-
Add all the contents of
archive (or, if specified, each named
module from
archive) to the current archive.
Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
. -
Add each named
member as a module in the current archive.
Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
. -
Discard the contents of the current archive, canceling the effect ofany operations since the last
SAVE
. May be executed (with noeffect) even if no current archive is specified.
-
Creates an archive, and makes it the current archive (required for manyother commands). The new archive is created with a temporary name; itis not actually saved as
archive until you use
SAVE
. You can overwrite existing archives; similarly, the contents of anyexisting file named archive will not be destroyed untilSAVE
.
-
Delete each listed
module from the current archive; equivalent to`
ar -d archive module ... module'.
Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
. -
List each named
module present in
archive. The separatecommand
VERBOSE
specifies the form of the output: when verboseoutput is off, output is like that of ` ar -t archivemodule...'. When verbose output is on, the listing is like` ar -tv archive module...'.Output normally goes to the standard output stream; however, if youspecify outputfile as a final argument, ar directs theoutput to that file.
-
Exit from
ar, with a
0
exit code to indicate successfulcompletion. This command does not save the output file; if you havechanged the current archive since the lastSAVE
command, thosechanges are lost.
-
Extract each named
module from the current archive, writing theminto the current directory as separate files. Equivalent to `
ar -xarchive module...'.
Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
. -
Display full contents of the current archive, in “verbose” styleregardless of the state of
VERBOSE
. The effect is like ` artv archive'. (This single command is a gnu arenhancement, rather than present for MRI compatibility.)Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
. -
Opens an existing archive for use as the current archive (required formany other commands). Any changes as the result of subsequent commandswill not actually affect
archive until you next use
SAVE
.
-
In the current archive, replace each existing
module (named inthe
REPLACE
arguments) from files in the current working directory. To execute this command without errors, both the file, and the module inthe current archive, must exist.Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
. -
Toggle an internal flag governing the output from
DIRECTORY
. When the flag is on,DIRECTORY
output matches output from` ar -tv ' ....
-
Commit your changes to the current archive, and actually save it as afile with the name specified in the last
CREATE
orOPEN
command.Requires prior use of
OPEN
orCREATE
.
ADDLIB
archive
ADDLIB
archive
(
module
,
module
, ...
module
)
ADDMOD
member
,
member
, ...
member
CLEAR
CREATE
archive
DELETE
module
,
module
, ...
module
DIRECTORY
archive
(
module
, ...
module
)
DIRECTORY
archive
(
module
, ...
module
)
outputfile
END
EXTRACT
module
,
module
, ...
module
LIST
OPEN
archive
REPLACE
module
,
module
, ...
module
VERBOSE
SAVE