STRIP(1P)

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🌸 PROLOG 🌸

okay bestie, real talk before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. 💖

The Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior. Or, plot twist, the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈

✨ NAME ✨

strip — remove unnecessary information from strippable files (DEVELOPMENT)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

strip file...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so first things first: a strippable file is defined as a relocatable, object, or executable file. That's the trio. On XSI-conformant systems, a strippable file can also be an archive of object or relocatable files. so archives count too, on those systems. 🫶

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 — like, we're not telling you exactly what gets yeeted, that's the implementor's call. 💀

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. 💀 not a single flag. she's minimal, she's iconic.

🦋 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. she overrides everything, main character energy fr fr.
  • 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. that's it, that's her whole job. 💅

🎀 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. (iykyk — informative means it's lore, not law. 📖)

🌈 APPLICATION USAGE 🌈

None. 🙈

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

None. 💀 yes bestie, zero examples. we vibe with the SYNOPSIS and move on.

🫶 RATIONALE 🫶

okay so 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 — like, megabytes, bestie 😭 — and the ability to remove it in a portable manner was deemed important, especially for smaller systems. tiny system rights!! 🍓

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. close enough counts here. 💅

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 👑

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 .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀 this was STRIP(1P) from the POSIX Programmer's Manual, brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017. slay, go strip something (responsibly 💖).
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