As is turns out, 'ar' and the other utilities I was looking for are included in Solaris 8 under /usr/ccs/bin, I had just run into some path confusion. Thanks. -b - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).