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


NAME
     ranlib - table-of-contents for archive libraries

SYNOPSIS
     ranlib [-t] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     Ranlib creates a table of external references for archive
     libraries, normally used by the loader, 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.

     The options are as follows:

     -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 cp(1)), the -t option can be used to
	  ``touch'' the modification time so that it appears that
	  the table is up-to-date.

FILES
     /tmp	   default temporary file directory

     ranlib.XXXXXX temporary file names

SEE ALSO
     ar(1), ld(1), lorder(1), nm(1), ranlib(5)

HISTORY
     A ranlib command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.


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