Dpkg::Archive::Ar(3perl)

✨ Dpkg::Archive::Ar ✨

Okay so bestie, this is the tea on Dpkg::Archive::Ar from the libdpkg-perl manual — it's giving Unix ar archive support and I'm obsessed 💅. Let's get into it.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

Dpkg::Archive::Ar — Unix ar archive support. Literally what it says on the tin, no cap.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This module provides a class to handle Unix ar archives. It supports the common format, with no GNU or BSD extensions — so don't come looking for extra fancy stuff, okay? It's giving "standard only, periodt" ✨.

⚠️ Note: This is a private module, its API can change at any time. So like… don't get too attached to the exact vibes, bestie. It's lowkey main character energy but highkey not stable 😭.

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💖 METHODS 💖

🦋 $ar = Dpkg::Archive::Ar->new(%opts)

Create a new object to handle Unix ar archives. It's giving constructor realness 👑

Options:

• filename — The filename for the archive to open or create. That's the file you're working with, periodt.
• create — A boolean denoting whether the archive should be created. Otherwise, if it does not exist, the constructor will not open, create or scan it. So like, if you don't set this and the file's missing, it just… doesn't do anything. Iconic avoidance behavior, honestly 💀.

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🧚 $ar->create_archive($filename)

Create the archive. That's it. That's the whole vibe. New archive, who dis? ✨

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🌈 $ar->open_archive($filename)

Open the archive. Like opening a group chat but for files 🫶.

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⭐ $ar->parse_magic()

Reads and parses the archive magic string, and validates it. Gotta check those magic bytes first — it's giving "show me your ID at the door" 💅.

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🍓 $ar->parse_member()

Reads and parses the archive member and tracks it for later handling. So it's like, "noted, bestie, I'll remember that for you" 👀.

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🔥 $ar->skip_member($member)

Skip this member to the next one. Get the value of a given substitution. Moving on, nothing to see here, slay 💨.

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💜 $ar->scan_archive()

Scan the archive for all its member files and metadata. Full deep dive, no stone unturned, iykyk 🔍.

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👑 $ar->get_members()

Get the list of members in the archive. Like getting the roster of everyone in the group chat — who's here, who's active, who's just lurking 👀.

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🎀 $ar->extract_member($member)

Extract the specified member to the current directory. Pulling them out into the real world, no cap ✨.

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🌸 $ar->write_member($member)

Write the provided $member into the archive. Putting them in, not taking them out — the opposite of extract, bestie, keep up 💅.

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🦋 $ar->add_file($filename)

Append the specified $filename into the archive. Adding a new file to the lineup, welcome to the archive, we love to see it 🫶.

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🌈 $ar->close_archive()

Close the archive and release any allocated resource. Say bye, clean up your mess, it's giving responsible queen behavior 🔥.

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💫 CHANGES 💫

Version 0.xx

This is a private module. That's the whole change log, bestie — short and sweet, just like this module's stability 😭.

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That's the whole page, no cap! Written for libdpkg-perl version 1.23.11-dirty on 2026-09-09. Stay slay, stay private-module-aware, and don't @ me when the API changes 💅✨