strip(1)                                                 strip(1)



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

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

ARGUMENTS
     file Specifies the object file to be stripped.

     -l   Strips line number information only; does not strip any
          symbol table information.

     -r   Resets the relocation indexes into the symbol table.

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

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

     -x   Does not strip static or external symbol information.

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 options.

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

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

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






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strip(1)                                                 strip(1)



STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     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 option was
          not used; therefore, the symbol table information
          cannot be stripped.

FILES
     /bin/strip
          Executable file
     /usr/tmp/str??????
          Temporary file

SEE ALSO
     as(1), cc(1), ld(1), sdb(1)

     ar(4), a.out(4) in A/UX Programmer's Reference

































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