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RE: Giant executables.. what am I doing wrong?
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Dondley <stevedondley@attbi.com> writes:
>> with the --static option, then strip it with "--strip-all" I
>> get a program worth 332 kB(!).
Steve> This confuses me as well. I can't find any documentation
Steve> about the --strip-all option in the GCC manual. (Maybe
Steve> because I'm new to Linux/gcc? I did 'info gcc' and then
Steve> did a search for '--strip' and 'strip' but could not find
Steve> any reference to this option.) I also did a google search
Steve> but that turned up nothing. How/where can I find out what
Steve> this does?
strip is a program provided by binutils. 'man 1 strip':
STRIP(1)
strip - Discard symbols from object files.
SYNOPSIS
strip [-F bfdname |--target=bfdname ]
[-I bfdname |--input-target=bfdname ]
[-O bfdname |--output-target=bfdname ]
[-s|--strip-all] {...} objfile...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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