RANLIB(1)               System General Commands Manual               RANLIB(1)

NAME
     ranlib - create table of contents of library archives

SYNOPSIS
     ranlib

DESCRIPTION
     The ranlib utility always returns with exit code 0. All options and other
     arguements given on the command line are silently ignored.

     Traditionally ranlib was responsible for creating a table for external
     referencing by the linker when the final binary was being created. On
     this functionality is not required because it has been merged in to other
     utilities. The result is that ranlib is not needed. For portability of
     scripts and build files this simple utility is available to make transi-
     tion to Interix easier.

SEE ALSO
     ar(1), gcc(1), ld(1), nm(1),

Interix                          July 14, 2007                         Interix