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diff --git a/binutils/ranlib.1 b/binutils/ranlib.1 index 9668f83..ea120f6 100644 --- a/binutils/ranlib.1 +++ b/binutils/ranlib.1 @@ -14,38 +14,42 @@ ranlib\(em\&generate index to archive. .hy 0 .na .B ranlib \c +.RB "[\|" \-v | \-V "\|]" .I archive\c \& .ad b .hy 1 .SH DESCRIPTION -\c -.B ranlib\c -\& generates an index to the contents of an archive, and +.B ranlib +generates an index to the contents of an archive, and stores it in the archive. The index lists each symbol defined by a member of an archive that is a relocatable object file. - -You may use `\|\c -.B nm \-s\c -\|' or `\|\c -.B nm +print-armap\c -\|' to list this index. - +.PP +You may use +.RB ` "nm \-s" ' +or +.RB ` "nm \-\-print-armap" ' +to list this index. +.PP An archive with such an index speeds up linking to the library, and allows routines in the library to call each other without regard to their placement in the archive. +.PP +The GNU +.B ranlib +program is another form of GNU +.BR ar ; +running +.B ranlib +is completely equivalent to executing +.RB ` "ar \-s" '. -The GNU \c -.B ranlib\c -\& program is another form of GNU \c -.B ar\c -\&; running -\c -.B ranlib\c -\& is completely equivalent to executing `\|\c -.B ar \-s\c -\|'. - +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-v +Print the version number of +.B ranlib +and exit. .SH "SEE ALSO" .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'" |