---
name: "msp430-ranlib"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "binutils-msp430"
version: "2.22~msp20120406-5.1+b1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/msp430-ranlib"
---

# msp430-ranlib(1)

generate index to archive.

## NAME

ranlib - generate index to archive.

## SYNOPSIS

ranlib \[**-vVt**\] *archive*

## DESCRIPTION

**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 **nm -s** or **nm --print-armap** to list this index.

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.

The GNU **ranlib** program is another form of GNU **ar**; running **ranlib** is completely equivalent to executing **ar -s**.

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  - **-V**

  - **--version**

  Show the version number of **ranlib**.

- **-t**

  Update the timestamp of the symbol map of an archive.

- **@***file*

  Read command-line options from *file*.  The options read are inserted in place of the original @*file* option.  If *file* does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not removed.

  Options in *file* are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire option in either single or double quotes.  Any character (including a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included with a backslash.  The *file* may itself contain additional @*file* options; any such options will be processed recursively.

## SEE ALSO

[*ar*(1)](/ar/1.md), [*nm*(1)](/nm/1.md), and the Info entries for *binutils*.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".