3 bingo

The 3 bingo archiver is a Unix utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file. Generally, ar is used to create and update library files that the link editor or linker uses; 3 bingo however, it can be used to create archives for any purpose. 3 bingo ar is included as one of the GNU Binutils.For example, to create an archive from files class1.o, class2.o, class3.o, the following command would be used: ar rcs libclass.a 3 bingo class1.o class2.o class3.oto compile a program

that depends on class1.o, class2.o, and class3.o one could do: cc main.c -L. -lclassinstead of: cc main.c class1.o class2.o class3.o The -L and -l switch instruct the linker to look for the library "libclass.a" 3 bingo in the current directory.See also Man page for arArchive formatsData compression softwareUnix programspl:Ar gl:Ar, 3 bingo Unix