| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation |
| 2 | .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution |
| 3 | .TH strip 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools" |
| 4 | .de BP |
| 5 | .sp |
| 6 | .ti \-.2i |
| 7 | \(** |
| 8 | .. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | .SH NAME |
| 11 | strip \- Discard symbols from object files. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 14 | .hy 0 |
| 15 | .na |
| 16 | .TP |
| 17 | .B strip |
| 18 | .RB "[\|" \-F\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-target=\fIbfdname\fP "\|]" |
| 19 | .RB "[\|" \-I\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname\fP "\|]" |
| 20 | .RB "[\|" \-O\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname\fP "\|]" |
| 21 | .RB "[\|" \-R\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-remove\-section=\fIsectionname\fP "\|]" |
| 22 | .RB "[\|" \-s\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-all "\|]" |
| 23 | .RB "[\|" \-S\fR\ |\ \fB\-g\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-debug "\|]" |
| 24 | .RB "[\|" \-\-strip\-unneeded\fR "\|]" |
| 25 | .RB "[\|" \-x\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-discard\-all "\|]" |
| 26 | .RB "[\|" \-X\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-discard\-locals "\|]" |
| 27 | .RB "[\|" \-K\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]" |
| 28 | .RB "[\|" \-N\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]" |
| 29 | .RB "[\|" \-o\ \fIfile\f\R "\|]" |
| 30 | .RB "[\|" \-p\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-preserve\-dates "\|]" |
| 31 | .RB "[\|" \-v\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-verbose "\|]" |
| 32 | .RB "[\|" \-V\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-version "\|]" |
| 33 | .RB "[\|" \-V\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-help "\|]" |
| 34 | .I objfile\c |
| 35 | \&.\|.\|. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 38 | GNU |
| 39 | .B strip |
| 40 | discards all symbols from the object files |
| 41 | .IR objfile . |
| 42 | The list of object files may include archives. |
| 43 | At least one object file must be given. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | .P |
| 46 | .B strip |
| 47 | modifies the files named in its argument, |
| 48 | rather than writing modified copies under different names. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 51 | .TP |
| 52 | .B "\-F \fIbfdname" |
| 53 | .TP |
| 54 | .B "\-\-target=\fIbfdname" |
| 55 | Treat the original \fIobjfile\fP as a file with the object |
| 56 | code format \fIbfdname\fP, and rewrite it in the same format. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | .TP |
| 59 | .B \-\-help |
| 60 | Show a summary of the options to |
| 61 | .B strip |
| 62 | and exit. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | .TP |
| 65 | .B "\-I \fIbfdname |
| 66 | .TP |
| 67 | .B "\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname" |
| 68 | Treat the original \fIobjfile\fP as a file with the object |
| 69 | code format \fIbfdname\fP. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | .TP |
| 72 | .B "\-O \fIbfdname\fP" |
| 73 | .TP |
| 74 | .B "\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname" |
| 75 | Replace \fIobjfile\fP with a file in the output format \fIbfdname\fP. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | .TP |
| 78 | .B "\-R \fIsectionname\fP" |
| 79 | .TP |
| 80 | .B "\-\-remove\-section=\fIsectionname" |
| 81 | Remove the named section from the file. This option may be given more |
| 82 | than once. Note that using this option inappropriately may make the |
| 83 | object file unusable. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | .TP |
| 86 | .B \-s |
| 87 | .TP |
| 88 | .B \-\-strip\-all |
| 89 | Remove all symbols. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | .TP |
| 92 | .B \-S |
| 93 | .TP |
| 94 | .B \-g |
| 95 | .TP |
| 96 | .B \-\-strip\-debug |
| 97 | Remove debugging symbols only. |
| 98 | |
| 99 | .TP |
| 100 | .B \-\-strip\-unneeded |
| 101 | Strip all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing. |
| 102 | |
| 103 | .TP |
| 104 | .B \-N \fIsymbolname\fR |
| 105 | .TP |
| 106 | .B \-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname |
| 107 | Remove symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option |
| 108 | may be given more than once, and may be combined with other strip |
| 109 | options. |
| 110 | |
| 111 | .TP |
| 112 | .B \-o \fIfile\fR |
| 113 | Put the stripped output in \fIfile\fR, rather than replacing the |
| 114 | existing file. When this argument is used, only one \fIobjfile\fR |
| 115 | argument may be specified. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | .TP |
| 118 | .B \-p |
| 119 | .TP |
| 120 | .B \-\-preserve-dates |
| 121 | Preserve the access and modification dates of the file. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | .TP |
| 124 | .B \-x |
| 125 | .TP |
| 126 | .B \-\-discard\-all |
| 127 | Remove non-global symbols. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | .TP |
| 130 | .B \-X |
| 131 | .TP |
| 132 | .B \-\-discard\-locals |
| 133 | Remove compiler-generated local symbols. |
| 134 | (These usually start with ``L'' or ``.''.) |
| 135 | |
| 136 | .TP |
| 137 | .B \-K \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fIsymbolname |
| 138 | Copy only symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option |
| 139 | may be given more than once. |
| 140 | |
| 141 | .TP |
| 142 | .B \-N \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname |
| 143 | Do not copy symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option |
| 144 | may be given more than once, and may be combined with strip options |
| 145 | other than \fB\-K\fR. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | .TP |
| 148 | .B \-v |
| 149 | .TP |
| 150 | .B \-\-verbose |
| 151 | Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of |
| 152 | archives, |
| 153 | .B "strip \-v" |
| 154 | lists all members of the archive. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | .TP |
| 157 | .B \-V |
| 158 | .TP |
| 159 | .B \-\-version |
| 160 | Show the version number for \fBstrip\fP and exit. |
| 161 | |
| 162 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 163 | .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'" |
| 164 | entry in |
| 165 | .BR info ; |
| 166 | .IR "The GNU Binary Utilities" , |
| 167 | Roland H. Pesch (October 1991). |
| 168 | |
| 169 | .SH COPYING |
| 170 | Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 171 | .PP |
| 172 | Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of |
| 173 | this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice |
| 174 | are preserved on all copies. |
| 175 | .PP |
| 176 | Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this |
| 177 | manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the |
| 178 | entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a |
| 179 | permission notice identical to this one. |
| 180 | .PP |
| 181 | Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this |
| 182 | manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified |
| 183 | versions, except that this permission notice may be included in |
| 184 | translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in |
| 185 | the original English. |