RANLIB(1)               GENIX Programmer's Manual               RANLIB(1)



      NAME
           ranlib - convert archives to libraries (nranlib for cross-support)

      SYNOPSIS
           ranlib archive ...

           nranlib archive ...

      DESCRIPTION
           Ranlib converts each archive to a form  which  can  be  loaded  more
           rapidly by the loader, by adding a table of contents named __.SYMDEF
           to the beginning of the archive.  It uses ar(1) to  reconstruct  the
           archive,  so  that sufficient temporary file space must be available
           in the file system containing the current directory.

      SEE ALSO
           ld(1), ar(1)

      CROSS-SUPPORT
           In a cross-support environment, ranlib is called nranlib.

      BUGS
           Because generation of a library by ar and  randomization  by  ranlib
           are  separate,  phase  errors  are possible.  For example, an object
           file that has been through strip(1) and  ar(1)  will  generate  this
           message when it is processed by ranlib(1):

                     warning: name( object): no symbol table



























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