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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 87f660a..cdbf904 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -7609,8 +7609,7 @@ main use is as subroutine libraries for linking. @cindex archive member targets An individual member of an archive file can be used as a target or -dependency in @code{make}. The archive file must already exist, but the -member need not exist. You specify the member named @var{member} in +dependency in @code{make}. You specify the member named @var{member} in archive file @var{archive} as follows: @example @@ -7628,11 +7627,13 @@ use @code{ar}. For example, this rule says to create a member @example foolib(hack.o) : hack.o - ar r foolib hack.o + ar cr foolib hack.o @end example In fact, nearly all archive member targets are updated in just this way -and there is an implicit rule to do it for you. +and there is an implicit rule to do it for you. @strong{Note:} The +@samp{c} flag to @code{ar} is required if the archive file does not +already exist. To specify several members in the same archive, you can write all the member names together between the parentheses. For example: @@ -7700,8 +7701,8 @@ ar r foo.a dir/file.o @end example @noindent -which has the effect of copying the file @file{dir/foo.o} into a member -named @file{foo.o}. In connection with such usage, the automatic variables +which has the effect of copying the file @file{dir/file.o} into a member +named @file{file.o}. In connection with such usage, the automatic variables @code{%D} and @code{%F} may be useful. @menu |