strip(1p) — Linux manual page

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

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NAME

       strip — remove unnecessary information from strippable files
       (DEVELOPMENT)

SYNOPSIS

       strip file...

DESCRIPTION

       A strippable file is defined as a relocatable, object, or
       executable file.  On XSI-conformant systems, a strippable file
       can also be an archive of object or relocatable files.

       The strip utility shall remove from strippable 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 on object and executable files
       shall be similar to the use of the -s option to c99 or fort77.
       The effect of strip on an archive of object files shall be
       similar to the use of the -s option to c99 or fort77 for each
       object file in the archive.

OPTIONS

       None.

OPERANDS

       The following operand shall be supported:

       file      A pathname referring to a strippable file.

STDIN

       Not used.

INPUT FILES

       The input files shall be in the form of strippable files
       successfully produced by any compiler defined by this volume of
       POSIX.1‐2017 or produced by creating or updating an archive of
       such files using the ar utility.

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 POSIX.1‐2017, Section 8.2,
                 Internationalization Variables for the precedence of
                 internationalization 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
                 standard 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 strippable 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 a strippable 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 on object and executable files 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.

       XSI-conformant systems support use of strip on archive files
       containing object files or relocatable files.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       ar(1p), c99(1p), fort77(1p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8,
       Environment Variables

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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