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.\" $Header$
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1991-10-01 12:18:39 +00:00
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.TH AAL 1 "$Revision$"
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1987-03-11 13:56:17 +00:00
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.ad
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.SH NAME
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aal \- archive and library maintainer
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B aal
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key afile name ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Aal
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maintains groups of ACK-object files
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combined into a single archive file.
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An index-table is automatically maintained.
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The link editor
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.IR led (6)
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only understands archives made with
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.IR aal .
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.PP
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.I Key
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is one character from the set
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.B adrtx,
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optionally concatenated with
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one or more of
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1987-01-19 09:41:49 +00:00
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.B vlc.
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.I Afile
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is the archive file.
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The
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.I names
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are constituent files in the archive file.
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The meanings of the
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.I key
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characters are:
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.TP
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.B d
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Delete the named files from the archive file.
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.TP
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.B a
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Append the named files to the archive file.
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.TP
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.B r
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Replace the named files in the archive file.
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New files are placed at the end.
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.TP
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.B t
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Print a table of contents of the archive file.
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If no names are given, all files in the archive are listed.
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If names are given, only those files are listed.
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.TP
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.B x
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Extract the named files.
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If no names are given, all files in the archive are
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extracted.
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In neither case does
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.B x
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alter the archive file.
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.TP
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.B v
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Verbose.
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Under the verbose option,
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.I aal
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gives a file-by-file
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description of the making of a
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new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files.
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When used with
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.B t,
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it gives a long listing of all information about the files.
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.TP
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.B l
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Local.
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Normally
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.I aal
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places its temporary files in the directory /tmp.
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This option causes them to be placed in the local directory.
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.TP
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.B c
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Create. Normally
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.I aal
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will create
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.I afile
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when it needs to.
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The create option supresses the normal message that is produced when
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.I afile
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is created.
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.SH FILES
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/tmp/ar.* temporaries
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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1988-08-30 11:40:58 +00:00
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led(6), arch(5),
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.SH BUGS
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If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list,
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it may be put in the archive twice.
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