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32 | .\" @(#)ranlib.5.5 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/10/91 | |
33 | .\" | |
34 | .Dd May 10, 1991 | |
35 | .Dt RANLIB 5 | |
36 | .Os | |
37 | .Sh NAME | |
38 | .Nm ranlib | |
39 | .Nd archive (library) table-of-contents format | |
40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
41 | .Fd #include <ranlib.h> | |
42 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
43 | The archive table-of-contents command | |
44 | .Nm ranlib | |
45 | creates a table of contents for archives, containing object files, to | |
46 | be used by the link-editor | |
47 | .Xr ld 1 . | |
48 | It operates on archives created with the utility | |
49 | .Xr ar 1 . | |
50 | .Pp | |
51 | The | |
52 | .Nm Ranlib | |
53 | function | |
54 | prepends a new file to the archive which has three separate parts. | |
55 | The first part is a standard archive header, which has a special name | |
56 | field, "__.SYMDEF". | |
57 | .Pp | |
58 | The second part is a ``long'' followed by a list of ranlib structures. | |
59 | The long is the size, in bytes, of the list of ranlib structures. | |
60 | Each of the ranlib structures consists of a zero based offset into the | |
61 | next section (a string table of symbols) and an offset from the beginning | |
62 | of the archive to the start of the archive file which defines the symbol. | |
63 | The actual number of ranlib structures is this number divided by the size | |
64 | of an individual ranlib structure. | |
65 | .Pp | |
66 | The third part is a ``long'' followed by a string table. | |
67 | The long is the size, in bytes of the string table. | |
68 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
69 | .Xr ar 1 , | |
70 | .Xr ranlib 1 |