RANLIB(1)                                             GNU Development Tools                                            RANLIB(1)



NAME
       ranlib - generate index to archive.

SYNOPSIS
       ranlib [-vVt] 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.

       -t  Update the timestamp of the symbol map of an archive.

       @file
           Read command-line options from file.  The options read are inserted in place of the original @file option.  If file
           does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not removed.

           Options in file are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace character may be included in an option by surrounding the
           entire option in either single or double quotes.  Any character (including a backslash) may be included by prefixing
           the character to be included with a backslash.  The file may itself contain additional @file options; any such
           options will be processed recursively.

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, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
       2009, 2010 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 1.3 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".



binutils-2.20.51.0.7                                       2011-05-02                                                  RANLIB(1)