object archives (Re: IEEE 1003.2)

[Guy Harris]

 >About saving space:  isn't it the case that object archives do save
 >space?  Less internal fragmentation, and all that?   Maybe that is
 >only true under the old filesystem.

It's true under any file system with a block size greater than 1 byte,
which certainly includes the 4.2BSD file system....

 >Hmmm,  you might have to stat lots of files looking for the right
 >entry point.  I guess we would need a directory oriented version of
 >something like ranlib, in that case.

Open and read, not (just) stat.