AT&T UNIX™PC Unix System V Users Manual - tenox

STRIP ( 1 ) STRIP (1)
NAME
strip - strip symbol and line number information from a common
object file
SYNOPSIS
strip [-I] [-x] [-r] [-s] [-V] file-names
DESCRIPTION
The strip command strips the symbol table and line number information
from common object files, including archives. Once this
has been done, no symbolic debugging access will be available for
that file; therefore, this command is normally run only on production
modules that have been debugged and tested.
The amount of information stripped from the symbol table can be
controlled by using any of the following options:
-1 Strip line number information only; do not strip any
symbol table information.
-x Do not strip static or external symbol information.
-r Reset the relocation indexes into the symbol table.
-s Reset the line number indexes into the symbol table (do
not remove). reset the relocation indexes into the symbol
table.
-V Version of strip command executing.
If there are any relocation entries in the object file and any symbol
table information is to be stripped, strip will complain and terminate
without stripping file-name unless the -r flag is used.
If the strip command is executed on a common archive file (see
ar(4)) the archive symbol table will be removed. The archive
symbol table must be restored by executing the ar(l) command
with the s option before the archive can be link edited by the
ld(I) command. Strip (!) will instruct the user with appropriate
warning messages when this situation arises.
The purpose of this command is to reduce the file storage overhead
taken by the object file.
FILES
jusr /tmpjstrp??????
SEE ALSO
as(l), cc(l), ld(l), ar(4), a.out(4).
DIAGNOSTICS
strip: name: cannot open
if name cannot be read.
strip: name: bad magic
if name is not an appropriate common object file.
strip: name: relocation entries present; cannot strip
if name contains relocation entries and the -r flag
is not used, the symbol table information cannot be
stripped.
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