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strip(1)                                                           strip(1)

NAME
     strip - strip symbol table

SYNOPSIS
     strip [-blrVxm] [--] 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 processed using strip. 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(1)] 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) com-
     mand 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.

OPTIONS
     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 This option is obsolete and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   Strips line number information only; does 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 This option is obsolete and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   Does not strip the symbol table; debugging and line number infor-
          mation may be stripped.

     -m   Do not strip the ".mdebug section", as the symbol table and
          information on debugging and line numbers may also be stripped.
          This option can be combined with the other options in order to
          contain the symbol table as well, for example (-xm).

     --   If the first filename begins with a dash (-), the end of the
          command-line options must be marked with --.

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






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strip(1)                                                           strip(1)

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.

LOCALE
     The language of the message texts is governed by the environment vari-
     able LCALL, LCMESSAGES or LANG.

     When the default is set, the system behaves as if it were not interna-
     tionalized, i.e. the message texts are in English. You must change one
     of these variables in order to change the language of the message
     texts.

     Detailed information on the dependencies of the environment variables
     and on internationalization in general can be found in the manual
     "Programmer's Guide: Internationalization - Localization". Refer also
     to environ(5) for information on setting the user environment.

FILES
     TMPDIR/strp*
          temporary files

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

SEE ALSO
     ar(1), cc(1), ld(1), tmpnam(3S), a.out(4), ar(4).





















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