Unix archiver utility
Also known as archiver · ar(1)
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ar, short for archiver, is a shell command for maintaining multiple files as a single archive file . It is often used to create and update static library files that the link editor or linker uses and for generating deb format packages for the Debian Linux distribution. It can be used to create archives for any purpose, but has been largely replaced by tar for purposes other than static libraries.