ARHEAD -- Environmental Variable

Append options to beginning of ar command line
export ARHEAD=options

The  COHERENT archiver  ar  reads the  environmental  variables ARHEAD  and
ARTAIL before it begins its work.   You can set these variables to hold the
default options that  you want the archiver always to  use.  ar appends the
options in ARHEAD to the beginning of its command line.

See Also

ar,
ARTAIL,
environmental variables

Notes

This environmental variable is included only to support existing code.  Its
use  is deprecated,  and it  may  not be  supported in  future releases  of
COHERENT.

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness