1 .\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3 .TH ranlib 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
11 ranlib\(em\&generate index to archive.
24 \& generates an index to the contents of an archive, and
25 stores it in the archive. The index lists each symbol defined by a
26 member of an archive that is a relocatable object file.
32 \|' to list this index.
34 An archive with such an index speeds up linking to the library, and
35 allows routines in the library to call each other without regard to
36 their placement in the archive.
40 \& program is another form of GNU \c
45 \& is completely equivalent to executing `\|\c
51 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
57 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
58 \&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991);
64 Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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