---
name: "sdar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sdcc"
version: "4.5.0+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sdar"
---

# sdar(1)

create, modify, and extract from archives. A part of SDCC

## NAME

sdar - create, modify, and extract from archives. A part of SDCC

## SYNOPSIS

**sdar** \[*emulation options*\] \[*-*\]*{dmpqrstx}*\[*abcDfilMNoPsSTuvV*\] \[*member-name*\] \[*count*\] *archive-file file*...

## DESCRIPTION

-

  */usr/bin/sdar* **-M** \[\<mri-script\]

-

  commands:

- d

  \- delete file(s) from the archive

- m\[ab\]

  \- move file(s) in the archive

- p

  \- print file(s) found in the archive

- q\[f\]

  \- quick append file(s) to the archive

- r\[ab\]\[f\]\[u\]

  \- replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive

- s

  \- act as ranlib

- t

  \- display contents of archive

- x\[o\]

  \- extract file(s) from the archive

-

  command specific modifiers:

- \[a\]

  \- put file(s) after \[member-name\]

- \[b\]

  \- put file(s) before \[member-name\] (same as \[i\])

- \[D\]

  \- use zero for timestamps and uids/gids

- \[U\]

  \- use actual timestamps and uids/gids (default)

- \[N\]

  \- use instance \[count\] of name

- \[f\]

  \- truncate inserted file names

- \[P\]

  \- use full path names when matching

- \[o\]

  \- preserve original dates

- \[u\]

  \- only replace files that are newer than current archive contents

-

  generic modifiers:

- \[c\]

  \- do not warn if the library had to be created

- \[s\]

  \- create an archive index (cf. ranlib)

- \[S\]

  \- do not build a symbol table

- \[T\]

  \- make a thin archive

- \[v\]

  \- be verbose

- \[V\]

  \- display the version number

- @\<file\>

  \- read options from \<file\>

**--target**=*BFDNAME* - specify the target object format as BFDNAME

-

  emulation options:

-

  No emulation specific options

/usr/bin/sdar: supported targets: asxxxx srec symbolsrec binary ihex

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=599@report\_bugs\_to@atid=100599\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) any later version. This program has absolutely no warranty.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **ar** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **ar** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info ar**

should give you access to the complete manual.