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diff --git a/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1 b/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd95cd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/ranlib/ranlib.1 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)ranlib.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt RANLIB 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ranlib +.Nd table-of-contents for archive libraries +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm ranlib +.Op Fl t +.Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Ranlib +creates a table of external references for archive libraries, +normally used by the loader, +.Xr ld 1 . +This table is is named ``__.SYMDEF'' and is prepended to the archive. +Files in the archive which are not executable and symbols which are +uninteresting to the loader are ignored. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl t +Set the modification time of the __.SYMDEF file. +This time is compared by the loader with the modification time of the +archive to verify that the table is up-to-date with respect to the +archive. +If the modification time has been changed without any change to the +archive (for example, by a +.Xr cp 1 ) , +the +.Fl t +option can be used to ``touch'' the modification time so that it +appears that the table is up-to-date. +This is also useful after using the +.Fl t +option of +.Xr make 1 . +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /tmp/ranlib.XXXXXX -compact +.It Pa /tmp/ranlib.XXXXXX +Temporary file names. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ar 1 , +.Xr ld 1 , +.Xr lorder 1 , +.Xr nm 1 , +.Xr ranlib 5 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm ranlib +command appeared in +.At v7 . |