STRIP(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual STRIP(P)NAMEstrip - remove unnecessary information from executable files (DEVELOP‐
MENT)
SYNOPSISstrip file...
DESCRIPTION
The strip utility shall remove from executable files named by the file
operands any information the implementor deems unnecessary for execu‐
tion 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 Vari‐
ables 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 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, espe‐
cially for smaller systems.
The behavior of strip is said to be the same as the -s option to a com‐
piler. 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, Copyright (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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 STRIP(P)
