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.\"     @(#)ranlib.1	6.7 (Berkeley) 5/9/91
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.TH RANLIB 1 "May 9, 1991"
.AT 3
.UC 6
.SH NAME
ranlib \- table-of-contents for archive libraries
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
ranlib [-t] file ...
.fi
.ft R
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ranlib
creates a table of external references for archive libraries,
normally used by the loader,
.IR 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.
.PP
The options are as follows:
.TP
\-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
.IR cp (1) ) ,
the
.I \-t
option can be used to ``touch'' the modification time so that it
appears that the table is up-to-date.
.SH FILES
.TP 14
/tmp
default temporary file directory
.TP 14
ranlib.XXXXXX
temporary file names
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR ar (1) ,
.IR ld (1) ,
.IR lorder (1) ,
.IR nm (1) ,
.IR ranlib (5)
.SH HISTORY
A
.I ranlib
command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.