strip(1)               UNIX System V(C Development Set)                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  This option is obsolete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  This option is obsolete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)].

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



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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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