binutils/ranlib.1

   1 .\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
   2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
   3 .TH ranlib 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
   4 .de BP
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   6 .ti \-.2i
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   9
  10 .SH NAME
  11 ranlib\(em\&generate index to archive.
  12
  13 .SH SYNOPSIS
  14 .hy 0
  15 .na
  16 .B ranlib \c
  17 .I archive\c
  18 \&
  19 .ad b
  20 .hy 1
  21 .SH DESCRIPTION
  22 \c
  23 .B ranlib\c
  24 \& generates an index to the contents of an archive, and
  25 stores it in the archive.  The index lists each symbol defined by a
  26 member of an archive that is a relocatable object file.
  27
  28 You may use `\|\c
  29 .B nm \-s\c
  30 \|' or `\|\c
  31 .B nm +print-armap\c
  32 \|' to list this index.
  33
  34 An archive with such an index speeds up linking to the library, and
  35 allows routines in the library to call each other without regard to
  36 their placement in the archive.
  37
  38 The GNU \c
  39 .B ranlib\c
  40 \& program is another form of GNU \c
  41 .B ar\c
  42 \&; running
  43 \c
  44 .B ranlib\c
  45 \& is completely equivalent to executing `\|\c
  46 .B ar \-s\c
  47 \|'.
  48
  49
  50 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  51 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
  52 entry in
  53 .B
  54 info\c
  55 \&;
  56 .I
  57 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
  58 \&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991);
  59 .BR ar "(" 1 "),"
  60 .BR nm "(" 1 ")."
  61
  62
  63 .SH COPYING
  64 Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  65 .PP
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  74 .PP
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