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From: bjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William A Jones)
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Subject: HELP, ar on dj's gcc release is not working for me
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Date: 25 Apr 91 15:12:11 GMT
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When I attempt to create an archive file, I am typing

	ar -r libxxx.a file1 file2 ... fileN

and I am getting the message that the archive has been created.  Then
when I try to do anything else with the archive file, such as try to add
an additional file, print a table of contents, or access it in any way, I
get the message

	file1.o
	ar: file libxxx.a not a valid archive

Does anyone have any suggestions about what I am doing wrong or forgetting to
do??  I'm beginning to get desparate since the program I am debugging uses
(at last count) 24 modules which have already been debugged and I am tired
of wading through the command line link and of writing makefiles for it.

Thanks in advance

--Bill

bjones@magnus,ircc.ohio-state.edu
bjones@geo1s.mps.ohio-state.edu