@c man title ar create, modify, and extract from archives
@smallexample
-ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [-]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]
+ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [-]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] [@option{--target} @var{bfdname}] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]
ar -M [ <mri-script ]
@end smallexample
@smallexample
@c man begin SYNOPSIS ar
-ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [@option{-X32_64}] [@option{-}]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]
+ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [@option{-X32_64}] [@option{-}]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] [@option{--target} @var{bfdname}] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]
@c man end
@end smallexample
Files cannot be extracted from a thin archive.
+@item --help
+Displays the list of command line options supported by @command{ar}
+and then exits.
+
+@item --version
+Displays the version information of @command{ar} and then exits.
+
@end table
A number of modifiers (@var{mod}) may immediately follow the @var{p}
for more file formats. This option is only available if the toolchain
has been built with plugin support enabled.
+The optional command line switch @option{--target} @var{bfdname}
+specifies that the archive members are in an object code format
+different from your system's default format. See
+@xref{Target Selection}, for more information.
+
@c man end
@ignore
@item
The symbol type. At least the following types are used; others are, as
well, depending on the object file format. If lowercase, the symbol is
-local; if uppercase, the symbol is global (external).
+usually local; if uppercase, the symbol is global (external). There
+are however a few lowercase symbols that are shown for special global
+symbols (@code{u}, @code{v} and @code{w}).
@c Some more detail on exactly what these symbol types are used for
@c would be nice.