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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RANLIB 1 "8 February 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: ranlib \- convert archives to random libraries
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B ranlib
        !             6: archive ...
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Ranlib
        !             9: converts each
        !            10: .I archive
        !            11: to a form which the loader can load more rapidly.
        !            12: .I Ranlib
        !            13: does this by adding a table of contents called 
        !            14: .B _.SYMDEF
        !            15: to the beginning of the archive.
        !            16: .I Ranlib
        !            17: uses 
        !            18: .IR ar (1)
        !            19: to reconstruct the archive, so that sufficient temporary file space must
        !            20: be available in the file system which contains the current directory.
        !            21: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            22: ld(1), ar(1), lorder(1)
        !            23: .SH BUGS
        !            24: Because generation of a library by
        !            25: .I ar
        !            26: and randomization of the library by
        !            27: .I ranlib
        !            28: are separate processes, phase errors are possible.  The loader,
        !            29: .IR ld ,
        !            30: warns when the modification date of a library is more recent than the
        !            31: creation date of its dictionary;  but this means that you get the
        !            32: warning even if you only copy the library.

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