ArArchiveKit Documentation

Enumeration Variant 

public enum Variant: String

The different formats of the ar archive.

%7 Variant Variant String String Variant->String

Conforms To

String

Enumeration Cases

common 

case common = "Common"

The "common" format. This format is used by Debian deb packages.

bsd 

case bsd = "BSD"

Used by the BSD and MacOS implementation of the ar command. This format is backwards-compatible with the "common" format.

gnu 

case gnu = "GNU"

The System V (or GNU) variant. Used by the GNU implementation of the ar command, and on Windows. This format is not backwards-compatible with the "common" format.