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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)ranlib.1    6.2 (Berkeley) 5/3/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH RANLIB 1 "May 3, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: ranlib \- convert archives to random libraries
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B ranlib
        !             9: [
        !            10: .B \-t
        !            11: ] archive ...
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Ranlib
        !            14: converts each
        !            15: .I archive
        !            16: to a form which the loader can load more rapidly.
        !            17: .I Ranlib
        !            18: does this by adding a table of contents called 
        !            19: .B __.SYMDEF
        !            20: to the beginning of the archive.
        !            21: .I Ranlib
        !            22: uses 
        !            23: .IR ar (1)
        !            24: to reconstruct the archive, so that sufficient temporary file space must
        !            25: be available in the file system which contains the current directory.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: If given the
        !            28: .B \-t
        !            29: option,
        !            30: ranlib only "touches" the archives and does not modify them.
        !            31: This is useful after copying an archive
        !            32: or using the
        !            33: .B \-t
        !            34: option of
        !            35: .IR make (1)
        !            36: in order to avoid having
        !            37: .IR ld (1)
        !            38: complain about
        !            39: an \*(lqout of date\*(rq symbol table.
        !            40: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            41: ld(1), ar(1), lorder(1), make(1)
        !            42: .SH BUGS
        !            43: Because generation of a library by
        !            44: .I ar
        !            45: and randomization of the library by
        !            46: .I ranlib
        !            47: are separate processes, phase errors are possible.  The loader,
        !            48: .IR ld ,
        !            49: warns when the modification date of a library is more recent than the
        !            50: creation date of its dictionary;  but this means that you get the
        !            51: warning even if you only copy the library.

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