NAME
ranlib —
table-of-contents for archive
libraries
SYNOPSIS
ranlib |
[-t] file ... |
DESCRIPTION
Ranlib creates a table of external references for
archive libraries, normally used by the loader,
ld(1).
This table is is named ``__.SYMDEF'' and is prepended to the archive. Files in
the archive which are not executable and symbols which are uninteresting to
the loader are ignored.
The options are as follows:
-t- Set the modification time of the __.SYMDEF file. This time is compared by
the loader with the modification time of the archive to verify that the
table is up-to-date with respect to the archive. If the modification time
has been changed without any change to the archive (for example, by a
cp(1)), the
-toption can be used to ``touch'' the modification time so that it appears that the table is up-to-date. This is also useful after using the-toption of make(1).
FILES
- /tmp/ranlib.XXXXXX
- Temporary file names.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
A ranlib command appeared in
Version 7 AT&T UNIX.