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GNU Development Tools                                   RANLIB(1)



NAME
     ranlib - generate index to archive.

SYNOPSIS
     ranlib [-vVt] 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 --print-armap 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.

     -t  Update the timestamp of the symbol map of an archive.

     @file
         Read command-line options from file.  The  options  read
         are  inserted in place of the original @file option.  If
         file does not exist, or cannot be read, then the  option
         will be treated literally, and not removed.

         Options  in  file  are  separated  by   whitespace.    A
         whitespace  character  may  be  included in an option by
         surrounding the entire option in either single or double
         quotes.   Any  character  (including a backslash) may be
         included by prefixing the character to be included  with
         a  backslash.   The  file  may itself contain additional
         @file  options;  any  such  options  will  be  processed
         recursively.

SEE ALSO
     ar(1), nm(1), and the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1991, 1992,  1993,  1994,  1995,  1996,  1997,
     1998,  1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
     2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.




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NOTES
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