Affine RIB Libraries

Most utilities should just use -lributil -lm. But if you just want to read a RIB file use -lribrdr -lribhash -lm.

• libribconst.a -- Contains only the RI_ exported variables with the values defined by the RI Specification.
• libriberror.a -- Contains a default error message handler.
• libribhash.a -- Hash library for reading and writing RIB files. Contains the RI_ constants, since they are needed for setting up the initial hash table.
• libribmsg.a -- Contains error messages listed in RI specification.
• libribnop.a -- Provides a Ri table with functions that do nothing but return. NOP is a abbreviation for No Operation. This is useful from filters that are only looking for one or two types of RIB statements.
• libribrdr.a -- RIB Reader library. RI_ constants and error messages included.
• libribtable.a -- A table that lists all the Ri calls in the order given in ribrdr.h.
• libributil.a -- Contains the RIB reader and writer functions. Basically it's libribrdr.a, libribwrtr.a and libsribhash.a put together (libz.a also included as of 7-15-97).
• libribwrtr.a -- RIB writer library. Has the RI_ constants and all the Ri calls listed in the RI Specification and the RenderMan Artist's Toolkit 3.6 and 3.7 additions. Supports ASCII and binary RIB output. Pixel filter functions are supported as well.
• libsribhash.a -- Simple ribhash, basically libribhash.a but without the RI_ constants.
• libsribrdr.a -- Simple RIB Reader, basically libribrdr.a but without the Ri table (libribtable.a) and error messages (libribmsg.a).
• libsribw.a -- Simple RIB writer. Has the RI_ constants and all the Ri calls listed by the RI specification and the RenderMan Artist's Toolkit 3.6 additions. It is called simple because it's basically just a bunch of printf()s, only ASCII RIB output is supported, and the pixel filter functions just return zero.