Archive and make utilities

This information describes the z/OS® UNIX System Services archive (ar) and make utilities. There are several other useful z/OS UNIX System Services utilities such as gencat and mkcatdefs. For information on their syntax and use, refer to z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference.

The z/OS Shell and Utilities provide two utilities that you can use to simplify the task of creating and managing z/OS UNIX System Services XL C/C++ application programs: ar and make. Use these utilities with the c89 and c++ utilities to build application programs into easily updated and maintained executable files.