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| author | Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-12-26 18:12:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-12-26 18:12:13 +0000 |
| commit | da9c9ea4582cd8d030896fb24cf1a4c872c58ea7 (patch) | |
| tree | c3a82dc6945fcef2115a26b8247b904b74d51b65 /usr.bin/ar/ar.1 | |
| parent | 3a870f82fcad957efd94bad63ba25cb4c00ca60f (diff) | |
| download | src-da9c9ea4582cd8d030896fb24cf1a4c872c58ea7.tar.gz src-da9c9ea4582cd8d030896fb24cf1a4c872c58ea7.zip | |
Improve the description of the `-q` option.
Obtained from: elftoolchain
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=216717
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ar/ar.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ar/ar.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ar/ar.1 b/usr.bin/ar/ar.1 index 990b9ead82cf..e38fd5bc018a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ar/ar.1 +++ b/usr.bin/ar/ar.1 @@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ utility can create and manage an archive symbol table (see .Xr ar 5 ) used to speed up link editing operations. If a symbol table is present in an archive, it will be -kept up-to-date by subsequent operations on the archive (excepting -the quick update specified by the -.Fl q -option). +kept up-to-date by subsequent operations on the archive. .Pp The .Nm ranlib @@ -254,16 +251,11 @@ Append the files specified by arguments .Ar to the archive specified by argument .Ar archive -without checking if the files already exist in the archive and -without updating the archive's symbol table. -If the archive file +without checking if the files already exist in the archive. +The archive symbol table will be updated as needed. +If the file specified by the argument .Ar archive -does not already exist, a new archive is created. -However, to be compatible with GNU -.Nm , -option -.Fl q -will update the archive's symbol table. +does not already exist, a new archive will be created. .It Fl r Replace (add) the files specified by arguments .Ar |