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STRIP
Section: GNU Development Tools (1)
Updated: 2002-08-05
Index NAME
strip - Discard symbols from object files.
SYNOPSIS
strip [
-F bfdname |
--target=bfdname ]
[
-I bfdname |
--input-target=bfdname ]
[
-O bfdname |
--output-target=bfdname ]
[
-s|
--strip-all] [
-S|
-g|
-d|
--strip-debug]
[
-K symbolname |
--keep-symbol=symbolname ]
[
-N symbolname |
--strip-symbol=symbolname ]
[
-x|
--discard-all ] [
-X |
--discard-locals]
[
-R sectionname |
--remove-section=sectionname ]
[
-o file ] [
-p|
--preserve-dates]
[
-v |
--verbose] [
-V|
--version] [
--help]
objfile...
DESCRIPTION
GNU strip discards all symbols from object files
objfile. The list of object files may include archives.At least one object file must be given.
strip modifies the files named in its argument,rather than writing modified copies under different names.
OPTIONS
- -F bfdname
- --target=bfdname
- Treat the original objfile as a file with the objectcode format bfdname, and rewrite it in the same format.
- --help
- Show a summary of the options to strip and exit.
- -I bfdname
- --input-target=bfdname
- Treat the original objfile as a file with the object
code format bfdname. - -O bfdname
- --output-target=bfdname
- Replace objfile with a file in the output format bfdname.
- -R sectionname
- --remove-section=sectionname
- Remove any section named sectionname from the output file. Thisoption may be given more than once. Note that using this optioninappropriately may make the output file unusable.
- -s
- --strip-all
- Remove all symbols.
- -g
- -S
- -d
- --strip-debug
- Remove debugging symbols only.
- --strip-unneeded
- Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
- -K symbolname
- --keep-symbol=symbolname
- Keep only symbol symbolname from the source file. This option maybe given more than once.
- -N symbolname
- --strip-symbol=symbolname
- Remove symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may begiven more than once, and may be combined with strip options other than-K.
- -o file
- Put the stripped output in file, rather than replacing theexisting file. When this argument is used, only one objfileargument may be specified.
- -p
- --preserve-dates
- Preserve the access and modification dates of the file.
- -x
- --discard-all
- Remove non-global symbols.
- -X
- --discard-locals
- Remove compiler-generated local symbols.(These usually start with L or ..)
- -V
- --version
- Show the version number for strip.
- -v
- --verbose
- Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case ofarchives, strip -v lists all members of the archive.
SEE ALSO
the Info entries for
binutils.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this documentunder the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with noBack-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in thesection entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- SEE ALSO
- COPYRIGHT
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