NAME
strip —
remove unnecessary information from
executable files
SYNOPSIS
strip |
[-d] file ... |
DESCRIPTION
Thestrip 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.
The options are as follows:
-d- Delete only debugging and empty symbols.
Strip exits 0 on success and 1 if an error
occurred.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
A strip command appeared in
Version 6 AT&T UNIX.