-.\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation
.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
.TH strip 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
.de BP
..
.SH NAME
-strip\(em\&Discard symbols from object files.
+strip \- Discard symbols from object files.
.SH SYNOPSIS
+.hy 0
+.na
+.TP
.B strip
-.RB "[\|" "\-F \fIformat\fP" | \-\-format=\fIformat\fP | \-\-target=\fIformat\fP "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" "\-I \fIformat\fP" | \-\-input\-format=\fIformat\fP "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" "\-O \fIformat\fP" | \-\-output\-format=\fIformat\fP "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-s | \-\-strip\-all "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-S | -g | \-\-strip\-debug "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-x | \-\-discard\-all "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-X | \-\-discard\-locals "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-v | \-\-verbose "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-V | \-\-version "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-F\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-target=\fIbfdname\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-I\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-O\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-R\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-remove\-section=\fIsectionname\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-s\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-all "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-S\fR\ |\ \fB\-g\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-debug "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-strip\-unneeded\fR "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-x\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-discard\-all "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-X\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-discard\-locals "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-K\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-N\ \fIsymbolname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname\fR "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-o\ \fIfile\f\R "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-p\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-preserve\-dates "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-v\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-verbose "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-V\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-version "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-V\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-help "\|]"
.I objfile\c
\&.\|.\|.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-GNU \c
-.B strip\c
-\& discards all symbols from the object files
-\c
-.I objfile\c
-\&. The list of object files may include archives.
-
-\c
-.B strip\c
-\& will not execute unless at least one object file is listed.
+GNU
+.B strip
+discards all symbols from the object files
+.IR objfile .
+The list of object files may include archives.
+At least one object file must be given.
-\& \c
-.B strip\c
-\& modifies the files named in its argument,
+.P
+.B strip
+modifies the files named in its argument,
rather than writing modified copies under different names.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B "\-F \fIformat\fP \-\-format=\fIformat\fP \-\-target=\fIformat\fP"
+.B "\-F \fIbfdname"
+.TP
+.B "\-\-target=\fIbfdname"
Treat the original \fIobjfile\fP as a file with the object
-code format \fIformat\fP, and rewrite it in the same format.
+code format \fIbfdname\fP, and rewrite it in the same format.
.TP
-.B "\-I \fIformat\fP \-\-input\-format=\fIformat\fP"
+.B \-\-help
+Show a summary of the options to
+.B strip
+and exit.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-I \fIbfdname
+.TP
+.B "\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname"
Treat the original \fIobjfile\fP as a file with the object
-code format \fIformat\fP.
+code format \fIbfdname\fP.
.TP
-.B "\-O \fIformat\fP \-\-output\-format=\fIformat\fP"
-Replace \fIobjfile\fP with a file in the output format \fIformat\fP.
+.B "\-O \fIbfdname\fP"
+.TP
+.B "\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname"
+Replace \fIobjfile\fP with a file in the output format \fIbfdname\fP.
.TP
-.B "\-s \-\-strip\-all"
+.B "\-R \fIsectionname\fP"
+.TP
+.B "\-\-remove\-section=\fIsectionname"
+Remove the named section from the file. This option may be given more
+than once. Note that using this option inappropriately may make the
+object file unusable.
+
+.TP
+.B \-s
+.TP
+.B \-\-strip\-all
Remove all symbols.
.TP
-.B "\-S -g \-\-strip\-debug"
+.B \-S
+.TP
+.B \-g
+.TP
+.B \-\-strip\-debug
Remove debugging symbols only.
.TP
-.B "\-x \-\-discard\-all"
+.B \-\-strip\-unneeded
+Strip all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
+
+.TP
+.B \-N \fIsymbolname\fR
+.TP
+.B \-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
+Remove symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option
+may be given more than once, and may be combined with other strip
+options.
+
+.TP
+.B \-o \fIfile\fR
+Put the stripped output in \fIfile\fR, rather than replacing the
+existing file. When this argument is used, only one \fIobjfile\fR
+argument may be specified.
+
+.TP
+.B \-p
+.TP
+.B \-\-preserve-dates
+Preserve the access and modification dates of the file.
+
+.TP
+.B \-x
+.TP
+.B \-\-discard\-all
Remove non-global symbols.
.TP
-.B "\-X \-\-discard\-locals"
+.B \-X
+.TP
+.B \-\-discard\-locals
Remove compiler-generated local symbols.
(These usually start with ``L'' or ``.''.)
.TP
-.B "\-v \-\-verbose"
-Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of
-archives, ``strip \-V'' lists all members of the archive.
+.B \-K \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
+Copy only symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option
+may be given more than once.
.TP
-.B "\-V \-\-version
-Show the version number for \fBstrip\fP.
+.B \-N \fIsymbolname\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fIsymbolname
+Do not copy symbol \fIsymbolname\fP from the source file. This option
+may be given more than once, and may be combined with strip options
+other than \fB\-K\fR.
-.PP
+.TP
+.B \-v
+.TP
+.B \-\-verbose
+Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of
+archives,
+.B "strip \-V"
+lists all members of the archive.
+
+.TP
+.B \-V
+.TP
+.B \-\-version
+Show the version number for \fBstrip\fP and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
entry in
-.B
-info\c
-\&;
-.I
-The GNU Binary Utilities\c
-\&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991).
+.BR info ;
+.IR "The GNU Binary Utilities" ,
+Roland H. Pesch (October 1991).
.SH COPYING
Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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