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From: Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail.com>
To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Question About 'ar' Output
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:17:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d8bbdb4-1f1f-1da8-a517-5b31257c1261@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9acaa785-fc75-743e-949f-f38129d82ed5@suse.com>



On 4/25/2022 11:15 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>
> Member names, when they're longer than what fits in the designated
> member header field, can use an escape mechanism by indexing into the
> special "//" member using the "/<offset>" notation.

Thanks so much for the quick reply.

Can you point me to where this is documented. I haven't been
able to find it.

Is this what's in a "thin" archive?

When you say "indexing into the special "//" member", do
you mean that something like "/47" means 47 bytes after the beginning
of the "//" member?

Also, are the "/" and "//" members actual members or just some
kind of place holders?

Thanks,
Jon





  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-26 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-26  3:46 Jon Forrest
2022-04-26  6:15 ` Jan Beulich
2022-04-26 19:17   ` Jon Forrest [this message]
2022-04-27  5:48     ` Jan Beulich
2022-04-27  6:28     ` Alan Modra

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