Annotation of src/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1, Revision 1.5
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35: .Dd May 9, 1991
36: .Dt RANLIB 1
37: .Os
38: .Sh NAME
39: .Nm ranlib
40: .Nd table-of-contents for archive libraries
41: .Sh SYNOPSIS
42: .Nm ranlib
43: .Op Fl t
1.4 aaron 44: .Ar file Op Ar ...
1.1 deraadt 45: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.4 aaron 46: .Nm ranlib
1.1 deraadt 47: creates a table of external references for archive libraries,
48: normally used by the loader,
49: .Xr ld 1 .
1.3 aaron 50: This table is named ``__.SYMDEF'' and is prepended to the archive.
1.1 deraadt 51: Files in the archive which are not executable and symbols which are
52: uninteresting to the loader are ignored.
53: .Pp
54: The options are as follows:
55: .Bl -tag -width indent
56: .It Fl t
57: Set the modification time of the __.SYMDEF file.
58: This time is compared by the loader with the modification time of the
59: archive to verify that the table is up-to-date with respect to the
60: archive.
61: If the modification time has been changed without any change to the
62: archive (for example, by a
63: .Xr cp 1 ) ,
64: the
65: .Fl t
66: option can be used to ``touch'' the modification time so that it
67: appears that the table is up-to-date.
68: This is also useful after using the
69: .Fl t
70: option of
71: .Xr make 1 .
72: .El
73: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
74: .Bl -tag -width TMPDIR -compact
75: .It Ev TMPDIR
76: The pathname of the directory to use when creating temporary files.
77: .El
78: .Sh FILES
1.5 ! fgsch 79: .Bl -tag -width /tmp/ranlib.XXXXXXXXXX -compact
! 80: .It Pa /tmp/ranlib.XXXXXXXXXX
1.4 aaron 81: temporary files
1.1 deraadt 82: .El
83: .Sh SEE ALSO
84: .Xr ar 1 ,
85: .Xr ld 1 ,
86: .Xr lorder 1 ,
87: .Xr nm 1 ,
88: .Xr ranlib 5
89: .Sh HISTORY
90: A
91: .Nm ranlib
92: command appeared in
93: .At v7 .