+/* Write an archive header. */
+
+bfd_boolean
+_bfd_generic_write_ar_hdr (bfd *archive, bfd *abfd)
+{
+ struct ar_hdr *hdr = arch_hdr (abfd);
+
+ if (bfd_bwrite (hdr, sizeof (*hdr), archive) != sizeof (*hdr))
+ return FALSE;
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* Write an archive header using BSD4.4 convention. */
+
+bfd_boolean
+_bfd_bsd44_write_ar_hdr (bfd *archive, bfd *abfd)
+{
+ struct ar_hdr *hdr = arch_hdr (abfd);
+
+ if (is_bsd44_extended_name (hdr->ar_name))
+ {
+ /* This is a BSD 4.4 extended name. */
+ const char *fullname = normalize (abfd, abfd->filename);
+ unsigned int len = strlen (fullname);
+ unsigned int padded_len = (len + 3) & ~3;
+
+ BFD_ASSERT (padded_len == arch_eltdata (abfd)->extra_size);
+
+ if (!_bfd_ar_sizepad (hdr->ar_size, sizeof (hdr->ar_size),
+ arch_eltdata (abfd)->parsed_size + padded_len))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if (bfd_bwrite (hdr, sizeof (*hdr), archive) != sizeof (*hdr))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if (bfd_bwrite (fullname, len, archive) != len)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if (len & 3)
+ {
+ static const char pad[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
+
+ len = 4 - (len & 3);
+ if (bfd_bwrite (pad, len, archive) != len)
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (bfd_bwrite (hdr, sizeof (*hdr), archive) != sizeof (*hdr))
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ return TRUE;
+}
+\f
+/* A couple of functions for creating ar_hdrs. */
+
+#ifdef HPUX_LARGE_AR_IDS
+/* Function to encode large UID/GID values according to HP. */
+
+static void
+hpux_uid_gid_encode (char str[6], long int id)
+{
+ int cnt;
+
+ str[5] = '@' + (id & 3);
+ id >>= 2;
+
+ for (cnt = 4; cnt >= 0; --cnt, id >>= 6)
+ str[cnt] = ' ' + (id & 0x3f);
+}
+#endif /* HPUX_LARGE_AR_IDS */
+
+#ifndef HAVE_GETUID
+#define getuid() 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_GETGID
+#define getgid() 0
+#endif