ranlib(1) GNU Development Tools ranlib(1) NNAAMMEE ranlib - generate index to archive. SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS rraannlliibb [--vv|--VV] _a_r_c_h_i_v_e DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN rraannlliibb 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 `nnmm --ss' or `nnmm ----pprriinntt--aarrmmaapp' to list this in- dex. An archive with such an index speeds up linking to the li- brary, and allows routines in the library to call each other without regard to their placement in the archive. The GNU rraannlliibb program is another form of GNU aarr; running rraannlliibb is completely equivalent to executing `aarr --ss'. OOPPTTIIOONNSS --vv Print the version number of rraannlliibb and exit. SSEEEE AALLSSOO `bbiinnuuttiillss' entry in iinnffoo; _T_h_e _G_N_U _B_i_n_a_r_y _U_t_i_l_i_t_i_e_s, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991); aarr(11), nnmm(11). CCOOPPYYIINNGG Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified ver- sions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above con- ditions for modified versions, except that this permission notice may be included in translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the original En- glish. cygnus support 5 November 1991 1 .