NAME

strip − remove symbols and relocation bits

SYNOPSIS

strip name ... 

DESCRIPTION

Strip removes the symbol table and relocation bits ordinarily attached to the output of the assembler and link editor.  This is useful to save space after a program has been debugged. 

The effect of strip is the same as use of the −s option of ld.

If name is an archive file, strip will remove the local symbols from any a.out format files it finds in the archive.  Certain libraries, such as those residing in /lib, have no need for local symbols.  By deleting them, the size of the archive is decreased and link editing performance is increased. 

EXAMPLE

strip a.out

removes the symbol table and relocation bits from a.out. 

FILES

/tmp/stm∗temporary file

SEE ALSO

ld(1). 

Version 2.1  —  January 02, 1985