Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> Static libraries, OTOH, have the .a extension and
> are collected and archived using shar (originally referring to
> shell-archive, just like tar originally referred to tape-archive).

Then "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vgivanovic@comcast.net> wrote:
> Static libraries are created and manipulated with 'ar', not 'shar'. Shar
> files are collections text files. Static libraries are collections
> binary files....

Then Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> What about ARGH!?  <g>  I /knew/ I should have done a refresher on that b4
> posting.  =8^(

There aren’t too many people using ar as their general purpose
bundling tool, these days, though I knew one person who did, and it
was less than 20 years ago.

Shar archives would really, really, really not work. :) But zip
archives might....

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