strip - Discard symbols from object files.

strip

[-F bfdname | --target=bfdname] [-I bfdname | --input-target=bfdname] [-O bfdname | --output-target=bfdname] [-R sectionname | --remove-section=sectionname] [-s | --strip-all] [-S | -g | --strip-debug] [--strip-unneeded] [-x | --discard-all] [-X | --discard-locals] [-K symbolname | --keep-symbol=symbolname] [-N symbolname | --strip-symbol=symbolname] [-o fileR] [-p | --preserve-dates] [-v | --verbose] [-V | --version] [-V | --help] objfilec ...

GNU strip discards all symbols from the 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.

-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 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.

-s

--strip-all

Remove all symbols.

-S

-g

--strip-debug

Remove debugging symbols only.

--strip-unneeded

Strip all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.

-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 other strip options.

-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 ``.''.)

-K symbolname, --keep-symbol=symbolname Copy only symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be given more than once.

-N symbolname, --strip-symbol=symbolname Do not copy symbol symbolname from the source file. This option may be given more than once, and may be combined with strip options other than -K.

-v

--verbose

Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of archives, strip -v lists all members of the archive.

-V

--version

Show the version number for strip and exit.

`binutils' entry in info; The GNU Binary Utilities, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991).

Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.

Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.

Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that this permission notice may be included in translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the original English.