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Summary
Name	Archiver Format
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/1835
Family
Classification	Aggregate
Disclosure
Description	Archiver Format (.ar) is a non-compressed archive format associated with the archiver utility for Unix-style operating systems. It has largely been replaced by .tar for general archiving use, but persists in use for specialized applications involving statically-linked libraries for development. The format has never been standardised with modern archives based on a common format with two main variants - BSD and System V (previously known as COFF). There are other known past variants such as V6, V7, AIX (small), AIX (big) and Coherent.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	23 Feb 2023
Source description
Last updated	23 Feb 2023
Note	http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/AR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar_(Unix)