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.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
.\" $Id$
.TH strip 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
.de BP
.sp
.ti \-.2i
\(**
..

.SH NAME
strip\(em\&Discard symbols from object files.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.hy 0
.na
.TP
.B strip
.RB "[\|" \-s | +strip-all "\|]" 
.RB "[\|" \-g | \-S | +strip-debug\c
\|]
.RB "[\|" \-x | +discard-all "\|]" 
.RB "[\|" \-X | +discard-locals "\|]"
.RB "[\|" "\-T\ "\c
.I bfdname\c
\&\|]
.I objfiles\c
\&.\|.\|.
.ad b
.hy 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
GNU \c
.B strip\c
\& will discard all symbols from object files
\c
.I objfiles\c
\&, if no options are specified; or only certain symbols,
depending on its command-line options.

\c
.B strip\c
\& will not execute unless at least one object file is listed.

.I WARNING:\c
\& \c
.B strip\c
\& modifies the files named in its argument,
rather than writing modified copies under different names.

.SH OPTIONS
The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
equivalent.

.TP
.B \-s
.TP
.B +strip-all 
This is the default case: strip all symbol entries from \c
.I objfiles\c
\&.

.TP
.B \-g
.TP
.B \-S
.TP
.B +strip-debug 
Discard only debugging symbol information from \c
.I objfiles\c
\&.

.TP
.B \-x
.TP
.B +discard-all 
Discard all symbols local to each file in \c
.I objfiles\c
\&.
\c
.I WARNING:\c
\& Note that \c
.B +discard-all\c
\& discards only \c
.I local\c
\&
symbols, in spite of its name.

.TP
.B \-X
.TP
.B +discard-locals 
Discard local symbols starting with `\|\c
.B L\c
\|' from each file in
\c
.I objfiles\c
\&.  (Some compilers produce internally-used symbols that
begin with `\|\c
.B L\c
\|'.)

.TP
.BI "-T " "bfdname"\c
\&
You can specify a particular object-code format \c
.I bfdname\c
\& for
\c
.I objfiles\c
\&.  This may not be necessary; \c
.I strip\c
\& can automatically
recognize many formats.   for information on listing
available formats.
.PP

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.RB "`\|" binutils "\|'" 
entry in 
.B
info\c
\&; 
.I
The GNU Binary Utilities\c
\&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991).

.SH COPYING
Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.PP
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
are preserved on all copies.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
permission notice identical to this one.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
versions, except that this permission notice may be included in
translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in
the original English.
Commit	Line	Data
df22f469 RP	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
	2	.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
	3	.\" $Id$
	4	.TH strip 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
	5	.de BP
	6	.sp
	7	.ti \-.2i
	8	\(**
	9	..
	10
	11	.SH NAME
	12	strip\(em\&Discard symbols from object files.
	13
	14	.SH SYNOPSIS
	15	.hy 0
	16	.na
	17	.TP
	18	.B strip
	19	.RB "[\\|" \-s \| +strip-all "\\|]"
	20	.RB "[\\|" \-g \| \-S \| +strip-debug\c
	21	\\|]
	22	.RB "[\\|" \-x \| +discard-all "\\|]"
	23	.RB "[\\|" \-X \| +discard-locals "\\|]"
	24	.RB "[\\|" "\-T\ "\c
	25	.I bfdname\c
	26	\&\\|]
	27	.I objfiles\c
	28	\&.\\|.\\|.
	29	.ad b
	30	.hy 1
	31	.SH DESCRIPTION
	32	GNU \c
	33	.B strip\c
	34	\& will discard all symbols from object files
	35	\c
	36	.I objfiles\c
	37	\&, if no options are specified; or only certain symbols,
	38	depending on its command-line options.
	39
	40	\c
	41	.B strip\c
	42	\& will not execute unless at least one object file is listed.
	43
	44	.I WARNING:\c
	45	\& \c
	46	.B strip\c
	47	\& modifies the files named in its argument,
	48	rather than writing modified copies under different names.
	49
	50	.SH OPTIONS
	51	The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
	52	equivalent.
	53
	54	.TP
	55	.B \-s
	56	.TP
	57	.B +strip-all
	58	This is the default case: strip all symbol entries from \c
	59	.I objfiles\c
	60	\&.
	61
	62	.TP
	63	.B \-g
	64	.TP
65	.B \-S
66	.TP
67	.B +strip-debug
68	Discard only debugging symbol information from \c
69	.I objfiles\c
70	\&.
71
72	.TP
73	.B \-x
74	.TP
75	.B +discard-all
76	Discard all symbols local to each file in \c
77	.I objfiles\c
78	\&.
79	\c
80	.I WARNING:\c
81	\& Note that \c
82	.B +discard-all\c
83	\& discards only \c
84	.I local\c
85	\&
86	symbols, in spite of its name.
87
88	.TP
89	.B \-X
90	.TP
91	.B +discard-locals
92	Discard local symbols starting with `\\|\c
93	.B L\c
94	\\|' from each file in
95	\c
96	.I objfiles\c
97	\&. (Some compilers produce internally-used symbols that
98	begin with `\\|\c
99	.B L\c
100	\\|'.)
101
102	.TP
103	.BI "-T " "bfdname"\c
104	\&
105	You can specify a particular object-code format \c
106	.I bfdname\c
107	\& for
108	\c
109	.I objfiles\c
110	\&. This may not be necessary; \c
111	.I strip\c
112	\& can automatically
113	recognize many formats. for information on listing
114	available formats.
115	.PP
116
117	.SH "SEE ALSO"
118	.RB "`\\|" binutils "\\|'"
119	entry in
120	.B
121	info\c
122	\&;
123	.I
124	The GNU Binary Utilities\c
125	\&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991).
126
127	.SH COPYING
128	Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
129	.PP
130	Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
131	this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
132	are preserved on all copies.
133	.PP
134	Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
135	manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
136	entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
137	permission notice identical to this one.
138	.PP
139	Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
140	manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified
141	versions, except that this permission notice may be included in
142	translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in
143	the original English.