binutils/strip.1

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