Manual page for RANLIB(1)
ranlib - convert archives to random libraries
SYNOPSIS
ranlib
[
-t
]
archive...
DESCRIPTION
ranlib
converts each
archive
to a form that can be linked more rapidly.
ranlib
does this by adding a table of contents called
__.SYMDEF
to the beginning of the archive.
ranlib
uses
ar.1v
to reconstruct the archive. Sufficient temporary file space must
be available in the file system that contains the current directory.
OPTIONS
- -t
-
ranlib
only ``touches'' the archives and does not modify them.
This is useful after copying an archive
or using the
-t
option of
make.1
to avoid having
ld.1
complain about
an ``out of date'' symbol table.
SEE ALSO
ar.1v
ld.1
lorder.1
make.1
BUGS
Because generation of a library by
ar
and randomization of the library by
ranlib
are separate processes, phase errors are possible. The linker,
ld,
warns when the modification date of a library is more recent than the
creation date of its dictionary; but this means that you get the
warning even if you only copy the library.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© somebody (See intro for details). All Rights Reserved.
Last modified 11/5/97
