Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:12:00 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Sean Connolly <sean DOT connolly AT clear DOT net DOT nz>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Wanted - utility to compress executables
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On 6 Apr 1998, Sean Connolly wrote:

> I'm looking at migrating a watcom dos4gw application to djgpp, but one of
> the critical considerations is the size of the exectable produced.

If the size of DJGPP-produced executables seems too large, chances are 
your setup leaves the debugging info in the executable (that usually more 
than doubles the size).  Use the -s switch when linking, and the programs 
will be much smaller.

> I'm
> currently using Causeway's compressor which halves the executable size. Is
> there any way to achieve this with djgpp compatible tool.

Get v2misc/mlpNNNb.zip (where NNN is the version number) from the same 
place you get DJGPP.  This is a DJGPP-specific executable compressor.

Please note that these are all FAQs.  The DJGPP FAQ list is available as
v2/faq210b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP.  The questions you asked
are discussed in section 8.15 of the FAQ.  I suggest to browse the FAQ
before posting questions in future.