NAME

strip − remove symbols from binary files

SYNOPSIS

­strip ­file ... 

­strip ­-o ­ofile ­file

DESCRIPTION

­Strip removes symbol table segments from executable files, rewriting the files in place.  Stripping a file requires write permission of the file and the directory it is in. 

If the ­-o flag is given, the single input file ­file is stripped and the result written to ofile. ­File is unchanged. 

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/strip.c

SEE ALSO

a.out(6)

Plan 9  —  December 02, 2007