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diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-ar.pod b/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-ar.pod index ecfb80a3d9..99fdcb979c 100644 --- a/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-ar.pod +++ b/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-ar.pod @@ -269,6 +269,16 @@ what is being done. =back +=head1 STANDARDS + +The B<llvm-ar> utility is intended to provide a superset of the IEEE Std 1003.2 +(POSIX.2) functionality for C<ar>. B<llvm-ar> can read both SVR4 and BSD4.4 (or +Mac OS X) archives. If the C<f> modifier is given to the C<x> or C<r> operations +then B<llvm-ar> will write SVR4 compatible archives. Without this modifier, +B<llvm-ar> will write BSD4.4 compatible archives that have long names +immediately after the header and indicated using the "#1/ddd" notation for the +name in the header. + =head1 FILE FORMAT The file format for LLVM Archive files is similar to that of BSD 4.4 or Mac OSX |