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RANLIB(1)		     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 al-
       lows 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.

       @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 charac-
	   ter 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  in-
	   cluded  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	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".

binutils-2.17			  2006-06-23			     RANLIB(1)

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