RANLIB 1 2005-04-20 binutils-2.15.97 GNU Development Tools

NAME

ranlib - generate index to archive.

SYNOPSIS

ranlib [--vvVV] _a_r_c_h_i_v_e

DESCRIPTION

rraannlliibb 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 nnmm --ss or nnmm ----pprriinntt--aarrmmaapp 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 rraannlliibb program is another form of GNU aarr; running rraannlliibb is completely equivalent to executing aarr --ss.

OPTIONS

--vv
--VV
----vveerrssiioonn Show the version number of rraannlliibb.

SEE ALSO

_a_r(1), _n_m(1), and the Info entries for _b_i_n_u_t_i_l_s. Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 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 Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.