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strip (1)

Discard symbols from object files.

SYNOPSIS

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    strip

      [\| -F\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB--target=\fIbfdname\fP \|] [\| -I\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB--input-target=\fIbfdname\fP \|] [\| -O\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB--output-target=\fIbfdname\fP \|] [\| -R\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB--remove-section=\fIsectionname\fP \|] [\| -s\fR\ |\ \fB--strip-all \|] [\| -S\fR\ |\ \fB-g\fR\ |\ \fB--strip-debug \|] [\| --strip-unneeded\fR \|] [\| -x\fR\ |\ \fB--discard-all \|] [\| -X\fR\ |\ \fB--discard-locals \|] [\| -K\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB--keep-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR \|] [\| -N\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB--strip-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR \|] [\| -o\ \fIfile\f\R \|] [\| -p\fR\ |\ \fB--preserve-dates \|] [\| -v\fR\ |\ \fB--verbose \|] [\| -V\fR\ |\ \fB--version \|] [\| -V\fR\ |\ \fB--help \|] objfile\c .\|.\|.

DESCRIPTION

    GNU strip discards all symbols from the object files objfile . The list of object files may include archives. At least one object file must be given.

    strip modifies the files named in its argument, rather than writing modified copies under different names.

OPTIONS

    -F \fIbfdname

    --target=\fIbfdname

      Treat the original objfile as a file with the object code format bfdname, and rewrite it in the same format.

    --help

      Show a summary of the options to strip and exit.

    -I \fIbfdname

    --input-target=\fIbfdname

      Treat the original objfile as a file with the object code format bfdname.

    -O \fIbfdname\fP

    --output-target=\fIbfdname

      Replace objfile with a file in the output format bfdname.

    -R \fIsectionname\fP

    --remove-section=\fIsectionname

      Remove the named section from the file. This option may be given more than once. Note that using this option inappropriately may make the object file unusable.

    -s

    --strip-all

      Remove all symbols.

    -S

    -g

    --strip-debug

      Remove debugging symbols only.

    --strip-unneeded

      Strip all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.

    -N \fIsymbolname\fR

    --strip-symbol=\fIsymbolname

      Remove symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be given more than once, and may be combined with other strip options.

    -o \fIfile\fR

      Put the stripped output in file, rather than replacing the existing file. When this argument is used, only one objfile argument may be specified.

    -p

    --preserve-dates

      Preserve the access and modification dates of the file.

    -x

    --discard-all

      Remove non-global symbols.

    -X

    --discard-locals

      Remove compiler-generated local symbols. (These usually start with ``L'' or ``.''.)

    -K \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB--keep-symbol=\fIsymbolname

      Copy only symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be given more than once.

    -N \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB--strip-symbol=\fIsymbolname

      Do not copy symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be given more than once, and may be combined with strip options other than -K.

    -v

    --verbose

      Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of archives, strip -v lists all members of the archive.

    -V

    --version

      Show the version number for strip and exit.

SEE ALSO

    ` | binutils |' entry in info ; The GNU Binary Utilities Roland H Pesch(October 1991)

COPYING

    Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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