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Geoff Rehmet c58ea67a1b - Bring in -x option changes from 1.x
- eval -> err_val : slightly more meaningful (eval is what you do in Linda ;-))
Submitted by:	Geoff.
1994-09-03 12:58:05 +00:00

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.\" @(#)strip.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
.Dd June 6, 1993
.Dt STRIP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm strip
.Nd remove unnecessary information from executable files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm strip
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl x
.Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm strip
utility
deletes the relocation information and symbol table used by
assemblers, loaders and debuggers.
This significantly
decreases the size of the installed binaries and saves disk space.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
Delete only debugging and empty symbols.
.It Fl x
Delete only debugging, compiler identification, and local symbols.
.El
.Pp
.Nm Strip
exits 0 on success and 1 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cc 1 ,
.Xr ld 1 ,
.Xr stab 5
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
command appeared in
.At v6 .