ranlib(1) [bsd man page]

RANLIB(1)						      General Commands 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 ta-
	      ble 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.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution					    May 9, 1991 							 RANLIB(1)

RANLIB(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual							 RANLIB(5)

NAME

     ranlib -- archive (library) table-of-contents format

SYNOPSIS

     #include <mach-o/ranlib.h>

DESCRIPTION

     The archive table-of-contents command ranlib creates a table of contents for archives, containing object files, to be used by the link-editor
     ld(1).  It operates on archives created with the utility ar(1).

     The Ranlib function prepends a new file to the archive which has three separate parts.  The first part is a standard archive header, which
     has a special name field,	"__.SYMDEF" or "__.SYMDEF SORTED".  If the archive does not have multiple members that define symbol then
     "__.SYMDEF SORTED" should be used and the table of contents should be sorted by name.

     The second part is a ``long'' followed by a list of ranlib structures.  The long is the size, in bytes, of the list of ranlib structures.
     Each of the ranlib structures consists of a zero based offset into the next section (a string table of symbols) and an offset from the begin-
     ning of the archive to the start of the archive file which defines the symbol.  The actual number of ranlib structures is this number divided
     by the size of an individual ranlib structure.

     The third part is a ``long'' followed by a string table.  The long is the size, in bytes of the string table.

SEE ALSO

     ar(1), ranlib(1)

Darwin								 November 16, 2001							    Darwin