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, 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''.