GNU Development Tools                                   RANLIB(1)



NAME
     ranlib - generate index to archive.

SYNOPSIS
     ranlib [-vV] 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.

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

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97,  98,  99,  2000,
     2001, 2002, 2003 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''.

ATRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:










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GNU Development Tools                                   RANLIB(1)



     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWbinutils   
    
     Interface Stability  External       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    binutils     is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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