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.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.