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1.7     ! jmc        32: .Dd $Mdocdate$
1.1       deraadt    33: .Dt STRIP 1
                     34: .Os
                     35: .Sh NAME
                     36: .Nm strip
                     37: .Nd remove unnecessary information from executable files
                     38: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     39: .Nm strip
                     40: .Op Fl d
                     41: .Op Fl x
1.3       aaron      42: .Ar file Op Ar ...
1.1       deraadt    43: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     44: The
1.4       aaron      45: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    46: utility
                     47: deletes the relocation information and symbol table used by
                     48: assemblers, loaders and debuggers.
                     49: This significantly
                     50: decreases the size of the installed binaries and saves disk space.
                     51: .Pp
                     52: The options are as follows:
                     53: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     54: .It Fl d
                     55: Delete only debugging and empty symbols.
                     56: .It Fl x
                     57: Delete only debugging, compiler identification, and local symbols.
                     58: .El
                     59: .Pp
1.4       aaron      60: .Nm
1.3       aaron      61: exits 0 on success or 1 if an error occurred.
1.1       deraadt    62: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     63: .Xr cc 1 ,
                     64: .Xr ld 1 ,
                     65: .Xr stab 5
1.6       jmc        66: .Sh STANDARDS
                     67: The
                     68: .Nm
                     69: utility is compliant with the
                     70: .St -p1003.1-2004
                     71: specification,
                     72: but its presence is optional.
                     73: .Pp
                     74: The flags
                     75: .Op Fl dx
                     76: are extensions to that specification.
1.1       deraadt    77: .Sh HISTORY
                     78: A
                     79: .Nm
                     80: command appeared in
                     81: .At v6 .