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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 .

IEEE/The Open Group                                   2003                                              STRIP(P)