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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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