STRIP(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		      STRIP(1)

     NAME
	  strip - compact object files

     SYNOPSIS
	  strip [ -a ] [ -l ] [ -x ] [ -r ] [ -V ] file ...

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/DEVELOPMENT

	  Origin:   System V

     DESCRIPTION
	  Strip will remove portions of an object file	that  are  not
	  used	during execution.  These portions are the symbol table
	  and debugging information.  Files  to	 be  stripped  may  be
	  seperate,  or	 combined  in an ar(1) file.  Stripping may be
	  controlled using the following options:

	  -a	  Strip a file as much as possible.

	  -l	  Remove only debugging (line numbering) information.

	  -x	  Do not remove external symbols.

	  -r	  Maintain relocation references to external symbols.

	  -V	  Print the version of the strip command being used on
		  standard error.

	  The -r  option  must	be  used  to  strip  files  containing
	  relocation  entries  (ie.  references	 to undefined external
	  symbols).  The -r and -x options must be  used  together  to
	  strip	 a  .o	file without making it essentially unusable by
	  the link editor ld(1).

	  When you strip archive  files,  (eg.	libc.a),  the  archive
	  symbol  table is removed.  This table must be restored using
	  ar(1) with the s option  before  the	archive	 can  be  link
	  edited  by  ld(1).   A warning message will be given if this
	  situation arises.

	  Object code blocks within an archive are treated as seperate
	  files	 and  will be stripped accordingly.  This is different
	  than the System III version of strip(1).

	  The -a option	 may  be  used	to  strip  files  as  much  as
	  possible.  This  option strips all symbols from programs and
	  local symbols from .o files.	 In  addition,	all  debugging
	  information  is  removed.   Directories  and	data files are
	  ignored to allow  whole  directories	to  be	stripped  with
	  'strip  -a  *'.   Archives will be reduced to thier smallest
	  possible size, with each block being stripped in a safe  and
	  reasonable manner.  This option overrides -l and -r, and may
	  be used with -x.

	  When the -l option is used, only debugging  information  for
	  sdb(1) is removed.  Once stripped, the object file cannot be
	  used with sdb(1).

     FILES
	  /tmp/strp*	 temporary files

     SEE ALSO
	  ar(1), as(1), cc(1), ld(1), ar(5), a.out(5).

     DIAGNOSTICS
	  strip: name: bad magic
	       the file is not an archive or object file
	  strip: name: cannot strip: relocation entries present
	       the file contains 'undefined external' symbols
	       (use -x -r)
	  Other dianostics are self explanitory.