.\" @(#)ranlib.1 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
ranlib \- convert archives to random libraries
to a form which the loader can load more rapidly.
does this by adding a table of contents called
to the beginning of the archive.
to reconstruct the archive, so that sufficient temporary file space must
be available in the file system which contains the current directory.
ranlib only "touches" the archives and does not modify them.
This is useful after copying an archive
an \*(lqout of date\*(rq symbol table.
ld(1), ar(1), lorder(1), make(1)
Because generation of a library by
and randomization of the library by
are separate processes, phase errors are possible. The loader,
warns when the modification date of a library is more recent than the
creation date of its dictionary; but this means that you get the
warning even if you only copy the library.