1 .\" $Id: aal.1,v 1.7 1994/06/24 10:14:11 ceriel Exp $
2 .TH AAL 1 "$Revision: 1.7 $"
5 aal \- archive and library maintainer
11 maintains groups of ACK-object files
12 combined into a single archive file.
13 An index-table is automatically maintained.
16 only understands archives made with
20 is one character from the set
22 optionally concatenated with
29 are constituent files in the archive file.
35 Delete the named files from the archive file.
38 Append the named files to the archive file.
41 Replace the named files in the archive file.
42 New files are placed at the end.
45 Print a table of contents of the archive file.
46 If no names are given, all files in the archive are listed.
47 If names are given, only those files are listed.
50 Extract the named files.
51 If no names are given, all files in the archive are
55 alter the archive file.
59 Under the verbose option,
62 description of the making of a
63 new archive file from the old archive and the constituent files.
66 it gives a long listing of all information about the files.
72 places its temporary files in the directory /tmp.
73 This option causes them to be placed in the local directory.
81 The create option supresses the normal message that is produced when
89 If the same file is mentioned twice in an argument list,
90 it may be put in the archive twice.