Annotation of src/usr.bin/strip/strip.1, Revision 1.9
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1.8 sobrado 32: .Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
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
1.8 sobrado 40: .Op Fl dx
41: .Ar
1.1 deraadt 42: .Sh DESCRIPTION
43: The
1.4 aaron 44: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 45: utility
46: deletes the relocation information and symbol table used by
47: assemblers, loaders and debuggers.
48: This significantly
49: decreases the size of the installed binaries and saves disk space.
50: .Pp
51: The options are as follows:
52: .Bl -tag -width Ds
53: .It Fl d
54: Delete only debugging and empty symbols.
55: .It Fl x
56: Delete only debugging, compiler identification, and local symbols.
57: .El
58: .Pp
1.4 aaron 59: .Nm
1.3 aaron 60: exits 0 on success or 1 if an error occurred.
1.1 deraadt 61: .Sh SEE ALSO
62: .Xr cc 1 ,
63: .Xr ld 1 ,
64: .Xr stab 5
1.6 jmc 65: .Sh STANDARDS
66: The
67: .Nm
68: utility is compliant with the
1.9 ! jmc 69: .St -p1003.1-2008
1.6 jmc 70: specification,
71: but its presence is optional.
72: .Pp
73: The flags
74: .Op Fl dx
75: are extensions to that specification.
1.1 deraadt 76: .Sh HISTORY
77: A
78: .Nm
79: command appeared in
80: .At v6 .