term% cat index.txt STRIP(1) General Commands Manual STRIP(1)
NAME
strip - remove symbols and relocation bits
SYNOPSIS
strip [ -s ] [ -g ] [ -v ] name ...
DESCRIPTION
Strip removes the symbol table and relocation bits ordinarily attached
to the output of the assembler and loader. This is useful to save
space after a program has been debugged.
If -s is specified, the symbol table is compressed by removing dupli‐
cate structure definitions and symbol table entries; no information is
lost. If -g is specified, all line-number information is deleted, thus
inverting the effect of ‘cc -g'; -s compression is performed as well.
The -v flag prints out size information. If no flags are given, strip
removes the symbol table entirely; this is the same as use of the -s
option of ld(1).
FILES
shrink? temporary file
SEE ALSO
cc(1), ld(1)
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