From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How to make a library ?
Date:	Sat, 07 Dec 1996 12:08:16 -0800
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Tudor wrote:
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> well,i know what 'ar' is,but what does rvs' mean?

Well, if "info binutils ar" doesn't help you, here's a quick breakdown:

 r - Insert files into an archive, replacing any old versions.
 v - verbose; lists operations performed
 s - index the resulting archive; equivalent to running "ranlib".

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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