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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 object code 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.  This option may be given more than once.  Note that using this option inap-
	   propriately 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 may be given more than once.

       -N symbolname
       --strip-symbol=symbolname
	   Remove  symbol  symbolname  from the source file. This option may be given more than once, and may be combined with strip options other
	   than -K.

       -o file
	   Put the stripped output in file, rather than replacing the existing file.  When this argument is used, only one objfile argument 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 of archives, 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 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
       any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no	Back-Cover
       Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

binutils-2.13.90.0.18						    2003-02-24								  STRIP(1)