strip(1)          (Software Generation System Utilities)           strip(1)


   NAME
         strip - strip symbol table, debugging and line number information
         from an object file.

   SYNOPSIS
         strip [-blrVx] file ...

   DESCRIPTION
         The strip command strips the symbol table, debugging information, and
         line number information from ELF object files; COFF object files can
         no longer be stripped.  Once this stripping process has been done, no
         symbolic debugging access will be available for that file; therefore,
         this command is normally run only on production modules that have
         been debugged and tested.

         If strip is executed on a common archive file [see ar(4)] in addition
         to processing the members, strip will remove the archive symbol
         table.  The archive symbol table must be restored by executing the
         ar(1) command with the -s option before the archive can be linked by
         the ld(1) command.  strip will produce appropriate warning messages
         when this situation arises.

         The amount of information stripped from the ELF object file can be
         controlled by using any of the following options:

         -b       Same effect as the default behavior. This option is obsolete
                  and will be removed in the next release.

         -l       Strip line number information only; do not strip the symbol
                  table or debugging information.

         -r       Same effect as the default behavior. This option is obsolete
                  and will be removed in the next release.

         -V       Print, on standard error, the version number of strip.

         -x       Do not strip the symbol table; debugging and line number
                  information may be stripped.

         strip is used to reduce the file storage overhead taken by the object
         file.

   FILES
         TMPDIR/strp*        temporary files

         TMPDIR              usually /var/tmp but can be redefined by setting
                             the environment variable TMPDIR [see tempnam() in
                             tmpnam(3S)].





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   SEE ALSO
         ar(1), s(1), c(1), d(1), tmpnam(3S), ar(4).

   NOTES
         The symbol table section will not be removed if it is contained
         within a segment, or the file is either a relocatable or  dynamic
         shared object.

         The line number and debugging sections will not be removed if they
         are contained within a segment, or their associated relocation
         section is contained within a segment.










































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