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NAME
       strip - remove unnecessary information from executable files  (DEVELOP-
       MENT)
SYNOPSIS
       strip 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 .

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