STRIP(1P)                                           POSIX Programmer's Manual                                          STRIP(1P)



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       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

NAME
       strip - remove unnecessary information from executable files (DEVELOPMENT)

SYNOPSIS
       strip file...

DESCRIPTION
       The  strip  utility  shall  remove from executable files named by the file operands any information the implementor deems
       unnecessary for execution of those files. The nature of that information is unspecified. The effect  of  strip  shall  be
       similar to the use of the -s option to c99 or fort77.

OPTIONS
       None.

OPERANDS
       The following operand shall be supported:

       file   A pathname referring to an executable file.


STDIN
       Not used.

INPUT FILES
       The  input files shall be in the form of executable files successfully produced by any compiler defined by this volume of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of strip:

       LANG   Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the  Base  Definitions
              volume  of  IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for the precedence of international-
              ization variables used to determine the values of locale categories.)

       LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables.

       LC_CTYPE
              Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-
              byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).

       LC_MESSAGES
              Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to stan-
              dard error.

       NLSPATH
              Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES .


ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
       Default.

STDOUT
       Not used.

STDERR
       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES
       The strip utility shall produce executable files of unspecified format.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
       None.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values shall be returned:

        0     Successful completion.

       >0     An error occurred.


CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
       Default.

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

EXAMPLES
       None.

RATIONALE
       Historically, this utility has been used to remove the symbol table from an executable file. It was included since it  is
       known  that  the  amount  of symbolic information can amount to several megabytes; the ability to remove it in a portable
       manner was deemed important, especially for smaller systems.

       The behavior of strip is said to be the same as the -s option to a compiler. While the  end  result  is  essentially  the
       same, it is not required to be identical.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       ar, c99, fort77

COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for
       Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6,  Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open  Group
       Standard   is   the   referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained  online  at  http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                     STRIP(1P)