[llvm-ar] Correct help text

Corrected and simplified the help text.

It was clearly too difficult to maintain before (see e.g. @227296) making it
simpler and more consistent it should help people keep it up to date.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D48577

llvm-svn: 338703
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Ben Dunbobbin 2018-08-02 11:27:38 +00:00
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)";
const char ArHelp[] = R"(
OVERVIEW: LLVM Archiver (llvm-ar)
OVERVIEW: LLVM Archiver
This program archives bitcode files into single libraries
USAGE: llvm-ar [options] [relpos] [count] <archive-file> [members]...
USAGE: llvm-ar [options] [-]<operation>[modifiers] [relpos] <archive> [files]
llvm-ar -M [<mri-script]
OPTIONS:
-M -
-format - Archive format to create
=default - default
=gnu - gnu
=darwin - darwin
=bsd - bsd
-plugin=<string> - plugin (ignored for compatibility
-help - Display available options
-version - Display the version of this program
--format - Archive format to create
=default - default
=gnu - gnu
=darwin - darwin
=bsd - bsd
--plugin=<string> - Ignored for compatibility
--help - Display available options
--version - Display the version of this program
OPERATIONS:
d[NsS] - delete file(s) from the archive
m[abiSs] - move file(s) in the archive
p[kN] - print file(s) found in the archive
q[ufsS] - quick append file(s) to the archive
r[abfiuRsS] - replace or insert file(s) into the archive
t - display contents of archive
x[No] - extract file(s) from the archive
d - delete [files] from the archive
m - move [files] in the archive
p - print [files] found in the archive
q - quick append [files] to the archive
r - replace or insert [files] into the archive
s - act as ranlib
t - display contents of archive
x - extract [files] from the archive
MODIFIERS (operation specific):
[a] - put file(s) after [relpos]
[b] - put file(s) before [relpos] (same as [i])
MODIFIERS:
[a] - put [files] after [relpos]
[b] - put [files] before [relpos] (same as [i])
[c] - do not warn if archive had to be created
[D] - use zero for timestamps and uids/gids (default)
[i] - put file(s) before [relpos] (same as [b])
[i] - put [files] before [relpos] (same as [b])
[l] - ignored for compatibility
[o] - preserve original dates
[s] - create an archive index (cf. ranlib)
[S] - do not build a symbol table
[T] - create a thin archive
[u] - update only files newer than archive contents
[u] - update only [files] newer than archive contents
[U] - use actual timestamps and uids/gids
MODIFIERS (generic):
[c] - do not warn if the library had to be created
[v] - be verbose about actions taken
)";