.TH RANLIB11 1 .SH NAME ranlib11 \- convert \s-2LSI 11\s0 cross-archives to random cross-libraries .SH SYNOPSIS .B ranlib11 archive ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Ranlib11 converts each .I archive to a form which can be loaded more rapidly by the \s-2LSI 11\s0 cross-loader, by adding a table of contents named .B __.SYMDEF to the beginning of the archive. It uses .IR ar (1) to reconstruct the archive, so that sufficient temporary file space must be available in the file system containing the current directory. .SH SEE ALSO ld11(1), ar(1) .SH BUGS Because generation of a library by .I ar and randomization by .I ranlib11 are separate, phase errors are possible. The cross-loader .I ld11 warns when the modification date of a library is more recent than the creation of its dictionary; but this means you get the warning even if you only copy the library.