From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pl1-x634.google.com (mail-pl1-x634.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::634]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A5A9385840C for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:17:05 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 4A5A9385840C Received: by mail-pl1-x634.google.com with SMTP id b12so16350009plg.4 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:17:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Sv/cdOKt3q3fPjjBWy2crOOUqafqfL/itqJyklx99Uc=; b=Mwq2cNfT9BSjYsrVR1FAqvgx+/0qwgy1/MNztM9aK2q0HbNl0GcI1ebjg8+ItzpKy9 OglrP0B46UEgxzMrI+NnAM58CelKbvJz3wwPjXZGT+wWZ+DDlD8B31767AdJn+9VpCPB Un7zaZYfv4/qb+i1Nfn/kV91bvr+5h3Ii9AZCyAW1dnwjmCS/ZDJWO4ys2mGZwzq752G Ymtzrxx5jV7Pc0BuTTLwekFwCuQgUf3kNUFPKzm9P5IYjcENgCxZv4YIGZni/xIoWphv EHgo8EI7GN5MQWnDFMQyU5Ajip2VyA7a9j6mbfpyz+XLb9EQJM2INNKVkN5lFNayNFtw HOhQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531aC0EmIOv5bYE1Yz59EBOJEtuS9wDTTGPglQHdTqGW09bFds7j 3KpYrdtm8b9KV9jl4IVSj7RFeAbftaI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyBBQxtobTkoWHQwxt96hoXIOSPN9P08LhyqhcTolifCONFR9b5HoHs7uSa1QtvWkKXrmIo2Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3b86:b0:1d9:d5e6:93a2 with SMTP id pc6-20020a17090b3b8600b001d9d5e693a2mr2901125pjb.186.1651000624337; Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.47] (157-131-109-168.fiber.dynamic.sonic.net. [157.131.109.168]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h7-20020aa786c7000000b00505bf336385sm15981614pfo.124.2022.04.26.12.17.03 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5d8bbdb4-1f1f-1da8-a517-5b31257c1261@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:17:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.8.1 Subject: Re: Question About 'ar' Output Content-Language: en-US To: Jan Beulich Cc: binutils@sourceware.org References: <9acaa785-fc75-743e-949f-f38129d82ed5@suse.com> From: Jon Forrest In-Reply-To: <9acaa785-fc75-743e-949f-f38129d82ed5@suse.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:17:06 -0000 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 "/" 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