# Archive indexer

The archive indexer utility updates the archive symbol table in a specified archive file. If the archive file does not contain a symbol table, a new one is added to the file.

Note

This utility returns zero on success, or greater than zero if an error occurs.

## Command

To start the archive indexer utility from the command line:

hexagon-ranlib [<option...>] [<archive...>]
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Where `<option>` is one or more of the following:

-D
    -t
    -V
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## Options

-D
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For all archive member headers, assign zeros to the `mtime`, `uid`, and `gid` fields, and use mode `0644` for the file mode field.

This option ensures that checksums on the resulting archives are reproducible when member contents are identical.

-t
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This option is accepted, but it is ignored.

-V
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Display the utility version identifier and then exit.

Last Published: Oct 06, 2026

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