1 .\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3 .TH strip 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
11 strip\(em\&Discard symbols from object files.
18 .RB "[\|" \-s | +strip-all "\|]"
19 .RB "[\|" \-g | \-S | +strip-debug\c
21 .RB "[\|" \-x | +discard-all "\|]"
22 .RB "[\|" \-X | +discard-locals "\|]"
33 \& will discard all symbols from object files
36 \&, if no options are specified; or only certain symbols,
37 depending on its command-line options.
41 \& will not execute unless at least one object file is listed.
46 \& modifies the files named in its argument,
47 rather than writing modified copies under different names.
50 The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
57 This is the default case: strip all symbol entries from \c
67 Discard only debugging symbol information from \c
75 Discard all symbols local to each file in \c
85 symbols, in spite of its name.
91 Discard local symbols starting with `\|\c
96 \&. (Some compilers produce internally-used symbols that
102 .BI "-T " "bfdname"\c
104 You can specify a particular object-code format \c
109 \&. This may not be necessary; \c
112 recognize many formats. for information on listing
117 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
123 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
124 \&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991).
127 Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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