[KLUG Programming] strip'ing

[Robert G. Brown]

On 28 Oct 2003 15:25:57 -0500, Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote:

>The "strip" command has some different options:
>
> --strip-all  to remove all symbols
> --strip-debug  to only remove debugging symbols
> --strip-unneeded  ...
>
>If I'm trying to save space on a bunch of binaries, is there any reason
>NOT to use --strip-all?  Is there any chance it could cause problems
>with program execution?
I believe you want "strip unneeded"; I'm not up on what symbols may be 
used by all the run-time loaders, especially for dynamic library usse.
Also, use the -o option so you keep the original executable while testing 
the stripped binary. You can also compare file sizes to see how much room
you're stripping.
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