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STRIP(1P) POSIX Programmer's Manual STRIP(1P)
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corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
strip — remove unnecessary information from strippable files
(DEVELOPMENT)
strip file...
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.
None.
The following operand shall be supported:
file A pathname referring to a strippable file.
Not used.
The input files shall be in the form of strippable files successfully
produced by any compiler defined by this volume of POSIX.1‐2008 or
produced by creating or updating an archive of such files using the
ar utility.
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.1‐2008, 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.
Default.
Not used.
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
The strip utility shall produce strippable files of unspecified
format.
None.
The following exit values shall be returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
Default.
The following sections are informative.
None.
None.
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.
None.
ar(1p), c99(1p), fort77(1p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment
Variables
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
applied.) 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.unix.org/online.html .
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IEEE/The Open Group 2013 STRIP(1P)
Pages that refer to this page: ar(1p), c99(1p)