strip

PURPOSE

     Removes symbol and line  number information from a common
     object file.

SYNOPSIS
     strip [ -H ] [ file ... ]


DESCRIPTION

     The  strip  command removes  the  symbol  table and  line
     number  information from  common object  files, including
     archive libraries.   Once you use this  command, symbolic
     debugging of the file is difficult; therefore, you should
     normally run  strip only  on production modules  that you
     have debugged  and tested.  Using strip  reduces the file
     storage overhead required by an object file.

     For each  object module,  strip removes all  symbol table
     information.  For  each archive, strip removes  the local
     symbol table information from each member.

     You can restore a stripped  symbol table to an archive or
     library file by using the ar -s command.

FLAG

     -H Removes the object  file header as well  as all symbol
        table information.

FILES

     /usr/tmp/strp*

RELATED INFORMATION

     The  following  commands:   "ar,"   "as,"  "cc,"  "dump,"
     "ld,"  "nm," and  "size."

     The ar and a.out files  in AIX Operating System Technical
     Reference.