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From: scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ranlib
Message-ID: <867@dtscp1.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 89 20:32:36 GMT
References: <457@mccc.UUCP>
Reply-To: scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman)
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In article <457@mccc.UUCP> you write:
>Some recently posted programs have requested the use of 'ranlib' but my
>3B2/400 SV R3.1 doesn't have it.  
>
>Wjat is 'ranlib'?  What can I use as a work-around?

For SV, I use the following to build a library:

	ar cuv libwhatever.a `lorder *.o | tsort`

lorder(1) exists under bsd but is really not necessary with ranlib.

-- 
scott barman
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