not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
               literally, and not removed.
    
               Options in _file_ are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace
               character may be included in an option by surrounding the
               entire option in either single or double quotes.  Any
               character (including a backslash) may be included by
               prefixing the character to be included with a backslash.  The
               _file_ may itself contain additional @_file_ options; any such
               options will be processed recursively.
    

##  SEE ALSO  top

    
    
           [ar(1)](../man1/ar.1.html), [objdump(1)](../man1/objdump.1.html), [ranlib(1)](../man1/ranlib.1.html), and the Info entries for _binutils_.
    

##  COPYRIGHT  top

    
    
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