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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.1‐2017 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.1‐2017,  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.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment Variables


COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable  Operating  System  Interface
       (POSIX),  The  Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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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