NAME
ranlib - generate index to archive.
SYNOPSIS
ranlib [
-vV] archive
DESCRIPTION
ranlib
generates an index to the contents of an archive and stores it in the archive. The
index lists each symbol defined by a member of an archive that is a relocatable object file.
You may use
nm -s or nm --print­armap to list this index.
An archive with such an index speeds up linking to the library and allows routines in the
library to call each other without regard to their placement in the archive.
The
GNU ranlib program is another form of GNU ar; running ranlib is completely equivalent
to executing
ar -s.
OPTIONS
-v
-V
­­version
Show the version number of
ranlib.
SEE ALSO
ar
(1), nm (1), and the Info entries for binutils.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the
GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front­Cover Texts, and with no
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