.TH ARHEAD "" "" "Environmental Variable"
.PC "Append options to beginning of ar command line"
\fBexport ARHEAD=\fIoptions\fR
.PP
The \*(CO archiver
.B ar
reads the environmental variables
.B ARHEAD
and
.B ARTAIL
before it begins its work.
You can set these variables to hold the default options that you want the
archiver always to use.
.B ar
appends the options in
.B ARHEAD
to the beginning of its command line.
.SH "See Also"
.Xr ar, ar
.Xr ARTAIL, artail
.Xr "environmental variables" environva
.SH Notes
This environmental variable is included only to support existing code.
Its use is deprecated, and it may not be supported in future releases of \*(CO.
