Annotation of src/usr.bin/strip/strip.1, Revision 1.4
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36: .Dd May 26, 1991
37: .Dt STRIP 1
38: .Os
39: .Sh NAME
40: .Nm strip
41: .Nd remove unnecessary information from executable files
42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
43: .Nm strip
44: .Op Fl d
45: .Op Fl x
1.3 aaron 46: .Ar file Op Ar ...
1.1 deraadt 47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
48: The
1.4 ! aaron 49: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 50: utility
51: deletes the relocation information and symbol table used by
52: assemblers, loaders and debuggers.
53: This significantly
54: decreases the size of the installed binaries and saves disk space.
55: .Pp
56: The options are as follows:
57: .Bl -tag -width Ds
58: .It Fl d
59: Delete only debugging and empty symbols.
60: .It Fl x
61: Delete only debugging, compiler identification, and local symbols.
62: .El
63: .Pp
1.4 ! aaron 64: .Nm
1.3 aaron 65: exits 0 on success or 1 if an error occurred.
1.1 deraadt 66: .Sh SEE ALSO
67: .Xr cc 1 ,
68: .Xr ld 1 ,
69: .Xr stab 5
70: .Sh HISTORY
71: A
72: .Nm
73: command appeared in
74: .At v6 .