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NAME
     strip - Discard symbols from object files.

SYNOPSIS
     strip [-F bfdname |--target=bfdname ]
           [-I bfdname |--input-target=bfdname ]
           [-O bfdname |--output-target=bfdname ]
           [-s|--strip-all] [-S|-g|-d|--strip-debug]
           [-K symbolname |--keep-symbol=symbolname ]
           [-N symbolname |--strip-symbol=symbolname ]
           [-x|--discard-all ] [-X |--discard-locals]
           [-R sectionname |--remove-section=sectionname ]
           [-o file ] [-p|--preserve-dates]
           [-v |--verbose]  [-V|--version] [--help]
           objfile...

DESCRIPTION
     GNU strip discards all symbols from  object  files  objfile.
     The list of object files may include archives.  At least one
     object file must be given.

     strip modifies the files named in its argument, rather  than
     writing modified copies under different names.

OPTIONS
     -F bfdname
     --target=bfdname
         Treat the original objfile as a  file  with  the  object
         code format bfdname, and rewrite it in the same format.

     --help
         Show a summary of the options to strip and exit.

     -I bfdname
     --input-target=bfdname
         Treat the original objfile as a  file  with  the  object
         code format bfdname.

     -O bfdname
     --output-target=bfdname
         Replace  objfile  with  a  file  in  the  output  format
         bfdname.

     -R sectionname
     --remove-section=sectionname
         Remove any section named  sectionname  from  the  output
         file.   This  option  may be given more than once.  Note
         that using this  option  inappropriately  may  make  the
         output file unusable.

     -s
     --strip-all

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         Remove all symbols.

     -g
     -S
     -d
     --strip-debug
         Remove debugging symbols only.

     --strip-unneeded
         Remove all symbols that are not  needed  for  relocation
         processing.

     -K symbolname
     --keep-symbol=symbolname
         Keep only symbol symbolname from the source file.   This
         option may be given more than once.

     -N symbolname
     --strip-symbol=symbolname
         Remove symbol symbolname  from  the  source  file.  This
         option  may be given more than once, and may be combined
         with strip options other than -K.

     -o file
         Put the stripped output in file, rather  than  replacing
         the existing file.  When this argument is used, only one
         objfile argument may be specified.

     -p
     --preserve-dates
         Preserve the access and modification dates of the file.

     -x
     --discard-all
         Remove non-global symbols.

     -X
     --discard-locals
         Remove compiler-generated local symbols.  (These usually
         start with L or ..)

     -V
     --version
         Show the version number for strip.

     -v
     --verbose
         Verbose output: list all object files modified.  In  the
         case  of  archives,  strip  -v  lists all members of the
         archive.

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SEE ALSO
     the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97,  98,  99,  2000,
     2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document  under  the  terms  of  the  GNU Free Documentation
     License, Version 1.1 or any later version published  by  the
     Free  Software  Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with
     no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.  A  copy
     of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
     Documentation License".

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