Date: 19 Jan 1998 07:39:35 +0100
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Subject: Re: Strip.exe
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Matthew R Krause <matthew DOT krause AT juno DOT com> wrote:

> What exactly does strip.exe do -- I've noticed it shrinks the size of my
> executables by ~40-50%, but how?

It removes the linked-in symbols of your program. Same effect as if you link
your program with 'gcc -s -o <program> ...'

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