ARCH(1ACK)

NAME
arch - archive and library maintainer

SYNOPSIS
arch key afile name ...

DESCRIPTION
Arch maintains groups of files combined into a single archive file. The Amsterdam compiler kit provides its own archiver with a fixed, machine-independent format, much like the UNIX-V7 archive format.

Key is one character from the set adrtpx, optionally concatenated with one or more of vlc. Afile is the archive file. The names are constituent files in the archive file. The meanings of the key characters are:

d   Delete the named files from the archive file.

a   Append the named files to the archive file.

r   Replace the named files in the archive file. New files are placed at the end.

t   Print a table of contents of the archive file. If no names are given, all files in the archive are listed. If names are given, only those files are listed.

p   Print the named files in the archive.

x   Extract the named files. If no names are given, all files in the archive are extracted. In neither case does x alter the archive file.

v   Verbose. Under the verbose option, arch gives a file-by-file description of the making of a new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files. When used with t, it gives a long listing of all information about the files. When used with p, it precedes each file with a name.

l   Local. Normally arch places its temporary files in the directory /tmp. This option causes them to be placed in the local directory.

c   Create. Normally arch will create afile when it needs to. The create option supresses the normal message that is produced when afile is created.

FILES
/tmp/ar.* temporaries

SEE ALSO
em_ass(I), arch(V),

BUGS
If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list, it may be put in the archive twice.