strip(1) User Commands strip(1)NAMEstrip - strip symbol table, debugging and line number information from
an object file
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ccs/bin/strip [-lVx] file...
DESCRIPTION
The strip command removes the symbol table SHT_SYMTAB and its associ‐
ated string table, debugging information, and line number information
from ELF object files. That is, besides the symbol table and associated
string table, the following sections are removed:
.line
.debug*
.stab*
Once this stripping process has been done, limited symbolic debugging
access is available for that file. Therefore, this command is normally
run only on production modules that have been debugged and tested.
If strip is executed on a common archive file (see ar.h(3HEAD)) in
addition to processing the members, strip will remove the archive sym‐
bol table. The archive symbol table must be restored by executing the
ar(1) command with the -s option before the archive can be linked by
the ld(1) command. strip will produce appropriate warning messages when
this situation arises.
strip is used to reduce the file storage overhead taken by the object
file.
OPTIONS
The amount of information stripped from the ELF object file can be
controlled by using any of the following options:
-l Strip line number information only.Does not strip the symbol
table or debugging information.
-V Prints, on standard error, the version number of strip.
-x Does not strip the symbol table. Debugging and line number
information may be stripped.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
file A path name referring to an executable file.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of strip: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES‐
SAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/tmp/strp* Temporary files
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWbtool │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOar(1), as(1), ld(1), elf(3ELF), tmpnam(3C), a.out(4), ar.h(3HEAD),
attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)NOTES
The symbol table section will not be removed if it is contained within
a segment or if the file is a relocatable object.
The line number and debugging sections will not be removed if they are
contained within a segment or if their associated relocation section is
contained within a segment.
SunOS 5.10 15 Jan 2003 strip(1)
