ranlib
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Name
ranlib - generate index to archive.
Synopsis
ranlib [--plugin name] [-DhHvVt] archive
Description
GNU Development Tools RANLIB(1)
NAME
ranlib - generate index to archive.
SYNOPSIS
ranlib [--plugin name] [-DhHvVt] 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
-h
-H
--help
Show usage information for ranlib.
-v
-V
--version
Show the version number of ranlib.
-D Operate in deterministic mode. The symbol map archive
member's header will show zero for the UID, GID, and
timestamp. When this option is used, multiple runs will
produce identical output files.
This is the default unless binutils was configured with
--enable-deterministic-archives.
-t Update the timestamp of the symbol map of an archive.
-U Do not operate in deterministic mode. This is the
inverse of the -D option, above: the archive index will
get actual UID, GID, timestamp, and file mode values.
This is the default unless binutils was configured with
--enable-deterministic-archives.
@file
Read command-line options from file. The options read
are inserted in place of the original @file option. If
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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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Availability | developer/gnu-binutils |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------------+
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, 2011, 2012 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".
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.23.1.tar.bz2
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at
http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/.
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