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NAME
       strip - remove unnecessary information from executable files (DEVELOPMENT)


SYNOPSIS
       strip file...


DESCRIPTION
       The  strip  utility  shall  remove  from  executable  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 shall be similar to the use of the -s
       option to c99 or fort77.


OPTIONS
       None.


OPERANDS
       The following operand shall be supported:

       file   A pathname referring to an executable file.


STDIN
       Not used.


INPUT FILES
       The input files shall be in the form of executable  files  successfully  produced  by  any
       compiler defined by this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001.


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  IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,  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 executable 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  an  executable
       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 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.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       ar , c99 , fort77


COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  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 .