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STRIP(1)                    NetBSD Reference Manual                   STRIP(1)


NAME

     strip - remove unnecessary information from executable files


SYNOPSIS

     strip [-d] [-x] [-X] file ...


DESCRIPTION

     The strip utility deletes the relocation information and symbol table
     used by assemblers, loaders and debuggers.  This significantly decreases
     the size of the installed binaries and saves disk space.

     The options are as follows:

     -d      Delete only debugging and empty symbols.

     -X      Delete only debugging, empty, and compiler identification sym-
             bols.

     -x      Delete only debugging, empty, compiler identification, and local
             symbols.

     strip exits 0 on success and 1 if an error occurred.


SEE ALSO

     cc(1),  ld(1),  stab(5)


HISTORY

     A strip command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

4.4BSD                           June 6, 1993                                1