2001-01-13 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
[binutils.git] / include / aout / ar.h
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1 /* archive file definition for GNU software */
3 /* So far this is correct for BSDish archives. Don't forget that
4 files must begin on an even byte boundary. */
6 #ifndef __GNU_AR_H__
7 #define __GNU_AR_H__
9 /* Note that the usual '\n' in magic strings may translate to different
10 characters, as allowed by ANSI. '\012' has a fixed value, and remains
11 compatible with existing BSDish archives. */
13 #define ARMAG "!<arch>\012" /* For COFF and a.out archives */
14 #define ARMAGB "!<bout>\012" /* For b.out archives */
15 #define SARMAG 8
16 #define ARFMAG "`\012"
18 /* The ar_date field of the armap (__.SYMDEF) member of an archive
19 must be greater than the modified date of the entire file, or
20 BSD-derived linkers complain. We originally write the ar_date with
21 this offset from the real file's mod-time. After finishing the
22 file, we rewrite ar_date if it's not still greater than the mod date. */
24 #define ARMAP_TIME_OFFSET 60
26 struct ar_hdr {
27 char ar_name[16]; /* name of this member */
28 char ar_date[12]; /* file mtime */
29 char ar_uid[6]; /* owner uid; printed as decimal */
30 char ar_gid[6]; /* owner gid; printed as decimal */
31 char ar_mode[8]; /* file mode, printed as octal */
32 char ar_size[10]; /* file size, printed as decimal */
33 char ar_fmag[2]; /* should contain ARFMAG */
36 #endif /* __GNU_AR_H__ */