ranlib(1) GNU Development Tools ranlib(1)NAMEranlib - generate index to archive.
SYNOPSISranlib [-v|-V] archive
DESCRIPTIONranlib 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.
An archive with such an index speeds up linking to the li-
brary, 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 Print the version number of ranlib and exit.
SEE ALSO
`binutils' entry in info; The GNU Binary Utilities, Roland
H. Pesch (October 1991); ar(1), nm(1).
COPYING
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