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The list of object files may include archives. -At least one object file must be given. -.PP -\&\fBstrip\fR modifies the files named in its argument, -rather than writing modified copies under different names. -.SH "OPTIONS" -.IX Header "OPTIONS" -.IP "\fB\-F\fR \fIbfdname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-F bfdname" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--target=bfdname" -.PD -Treat the original \fIobjfile\fR as a file with the object -code format \fIbfdname\fR, and rewrite it in the same format. -.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--help" -Show a summary of the options to \fBstrip\fR and exit. -.IP "\fB\-\-info\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--info" -Display a list showing all architectures and object formats available. -.IP "\fB\-I\fR \fIbfdname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-I bfdname" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-input\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--input-target=bfdname" -.PD -Treat the original \fIobjfile\fR as a file with the object -code format \fIbfdname\fR. -.IP "\fB\-O\fR \fIbfdname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-O bfdname" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-output\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--output-target=bfdname" -.PD -Replace \fIobjfile\fR with a file in the output format \fIbfdname\fR. -.IP "\fB\-R\fR \fIsectionname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-R sectionname" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-remove\-section=\fR\fIsectionname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--remove-section=sectionname" -.PD -Remove any section named \fIsectionname\fR from the output file. This -option may be given more than once. Note that using this option -inappropriately may make the output file unusable. -.IP "\fB\-s\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-s" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-strip\-all\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--strip-all" -.PD -Remove all symbols. -.IP "\fB\-g\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-g" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-S\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-S" -.IP "\fB\-d\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-d" -.IP "\fB\-\-strip\-debug\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--strip-debug" -.PD -Remove debugging symbols only. -.IP "\fB\-\-strip\-unneeded\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--strip-unneeded" -Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing. -.IP "\fB\-K\fR \fIsymbolname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-K symbolname" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-keep\-symbol=\fR\fIsymbolname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--keep-symbol=symbolname" -.PD -When stripping symbols, keep symbol \fIsymbolname\fR even if it would -normally be stripped. This option may be given more than once. -.IP "\fB\-N\fR \fIsymbolname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-N symbolname" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-strip\-symbol=\fR\fIsymbolname\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--strip-symbol=symbolname" -.PD -Remove symbol \fIsymbolname\fR from the source file. This option may be -given more than once, and may be combined with strip options other than -\&\fB\-K\fR. -.IP "\fB\-o\fR \fIfile\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-o file" -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. -.IP "\fB\-p\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-p" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-preserve\-dates\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--preserve-dates" -.PD -Preserve the access and modification dates of the file. -.IP "\fB\-w\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-w" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-wildcard\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--wildcard" -.PD -Permit regular expressions in \fIsymbolname\fRs used in other command -line options. The question mark (?), asterisk (*), backslash (\e) and -square brackets ([]) operators can be used anywhere in the symbol -name. If the first character of the symbol name is the exclamation -point (!) then the sense of the switch is reversed for that symbol. -For example: -.Sp -.Vb 1 -\& \-w \-K !foo \-K fo* -.Ve -.Sp -would cause strip to only keep symbols that start with the letters -\&\*(L"fo\*(R", but to discard the symbol \*(L"foo\*(R". -.IP "\fB\-x\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-x" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-discard\-all\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--discard-all" -.PD -Remove non-global symbols. -.IP "\fB\-X\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-X" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-discard\-locals\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--discard-locals" -.PD -Remove compiler-generated local symbols. -(These usually start with \fBL\fR or \fB.\fR.) -.IP "\fB\-\-keep\-file\-symbols\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--keep-file-symbols" -When stripping a file, perhaps with \fB\-\-strip\-debug\fR or -\&\fB\-\-strip\-unneeded\fR, retain any symbols specifying source file names, -which would otherwise get stripped. -.IP "\fB\-\-only\-keep\-debug\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--only-keep-debug" -Strip a file, removing any sections that would be stripped by -\&\fB\-\-strip\-debug\fR and leaving the debugging sections. -.Sp -The intention is that this option will be used in conjunction with -\&\fB\-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink\fR to create a two part executable. One a -stripped binary which will occupy less space in \s-1RAM\s0 and in a -distribution and the second a debugging information file which is only -needed if debugging abilities are required. The suggested procedure -to create these files is as follows: -.RS 4 -.IP "1.<Link the executable as normal. Assuming that is is called>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Link the executable as normal. Assuming that is is called>" -\&\f(CW\*(C`foo\*(C'\fR then... -.ie n .IP "1.<Run ""objcopy \-\-only\-keep\-debug foo foo.dbg"" to>" 4 -.el .IP "1.<Run \f(CWobjcopy \-\-only\-keep\-debug foo foo.dbg\fR to>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Run objcopy --only-keep-debug foo foo.dbg to>" -create a file containing the debugging info. -.ie n .IP "1.<Run ""objcopy \-\-strip\-debug foo"" to create a>" 4 -.el .IP "1.<Run \f(CWobjcopy \-\-strip\-debug foo\fR to create a>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Run objcopy --strip-debug foo to create a>" -stripped executable. -.ie n .IP "1.<Run ""objcopy \-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink=foo.dbg foo"">" 4 -.el .IP "1.<Run \f(CWobjcopy \-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink=foo.dbg foo\fR>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Run objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.dbg foo>" -to add a link to the debugging info into the stripped executable. -.RE -.RS 4 -.Sp -Note \- the choice of \f(CW\*(C`.dbg\*(C'\fR as an extension for the debug info -file is arbitrary. Also the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-only\-keep\-debug\*(C'\fR step is -optional. You could instead do this: -.IP "1.<Link the executable as normal.>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Link the executable as normal.>" -.PD 0 -.ie n .IP "1.<Copy ""foo""\fR to \f(CW""foo.full"">" 4 -.el .IP "1.<Copy \f(CWfoo\fR to \f(CWfoo.full\fR>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Copy foo to foo.full>" -.ie n .IP "1.<Run ""strip \-\-strip\-debug foo"">" 4 -.el .IP "1.<Run \f(CWstrip \-\-strip\-debug foo\fR>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Run strip --strip-debug foo>" -.ie n .IP "1.<Run ""objcopy \-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink=foo.full foo"">" 4 -.el .IP "1.<Run \f(CWobjcopy \-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink=foo.full foo\fR>" 4 -.IX Item "1.<Run objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.full foo>" -.RE -.RS 4 -.PD -.Sp -ie the file pointed to by the \fB\-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink\fR can be the -full executable. It does not have to be a file created by the -\&\fB\-\-only\-keep\-debug\fR switch. -.RE -.IP "\fB\-V\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-V" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--version" -.PD -Show the version number for \fBstrip\fR. -.IP "\fB\-v\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-v" -.PD 0 -.IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fR" 4 -.IX Item "--verbose" -.PD -Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of -archives, \fBstrip \-v\fR lists all members of the archive. -.IP "\fB@\fR\fIfile\fR" 4 -.IX Item "@file" -Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are -inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR -does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated -literally, and not removed. -.Sp -Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace -character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire -option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a -backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included -with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional -@\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.IX Header "SEE ALSO" -the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR. -.SH "COPYRIGHT" -.IX Header "COPYRIGHT" -Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, -2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -.PP -Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 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 \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R". |