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       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       strip — remove unnecessary information from strippable files (DEVELOPMENT)

SYNOPSIS

       strip file...

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

       None.

OPERANDS

       The following operand shall be supported:

       file      A pathname referring to a strippable file.

STDIN

       Not used.

INPUT FILES

       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.

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  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.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

       Default.

STDOUT

       Not used.

STDERR

       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES

       The strip utility shall produce strippable 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 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.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       ar, c99, fort77

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment Variables

COPYRIGHT

       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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