strip(1)                                                 strip(1)



     NAME
          strip - strip symbol and line  number  information  from  an
          object file

     SYNOPSIS
          strip [-l] [-r] [-s] [-V] [-x] file...

     DESCRIPTION
          The strip command strips the symbol table and line number
          information from object files, including archives.  When
          strip has been performed, no symbolic debugging access is
          available for that file; therefore, this command is normally
          run only on production modules that have been debugged and
          tested.

          The amount of information stripped from the symbol table can
          be controlled by using the following flag options:

          -l   Strip line number information only; do not strip any
               symbol table information.

          -x   Do not strip static or external symbol information.

          -r   Reset the relocation indexes into the symbol table.

          -s   Reset the line number indexes into the symbol table (do
               not remove).  Reset the relocation indexes into the
               symbol table.

          -V   Print the version of the strip command executing on the
               standard error output.

          If there are any relocation entries in the object file and
          any symbol table information is to be stripped, strip com-
          plains and terminates without stripping filename unless the
          -r flag is used.

          If the strip command is executed on a common archive file
          (see ar(4)) the archive symbol table is removed.  The ar-
          chive symbol table must be restored by executing the ar(1)
          command with the s flag option before the archive can be
          link edited by the ld(1) command.  strip instructs the user
          with appropriate warning messages when this situation ar-
          ises.

          The purpose of this command is to reduce the file storage
          overhead taken by the object file.

     FILES
          /bin/strip
          /usr/tmp/str??????




     April, 1990                                                     1

     strip(1)                                                 strip(1)



     SEE ALSO
          as(1), cc(1), ld(1), sdb(1), ar(4), a.out(4).

     DIAGNOSTICS
          strip: name: cannot open
               name cannot be read.
          strip: name: bad magic
               name is not an object file.
          strip: name: relocation entries present
               name contains relocation entries and the -r flag was
               not used; therefore, the symbol table information can-
               not be stripped.











































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