From:	broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
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Subject:	Re: .a -> .o
Date:	18 Sep 1999 20:06:58 +0200
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Thomas Harte (T DOT Harte AT btinternet DOT com) wrote:
> 	I understand .a (library) files are just archives of .o (object) files, and
> with that in mind am wondering if I can break a .a into its component .o
> files? Sort of like an anti-ar, though ar doesn't seem to do this itself.

It does do that. Try out

	ar xv libfoo.a anobject.o

some time.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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