From: "Johan Venter" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <380fd475 DOT 6115722 AT news3 DOT newscene DOT com> Subject: Re: Why are my c++ .exe's so large Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: <_KYP3.1337$we.1923@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:25:11 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.134.161.180 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 940595258 139.134.161.180 (Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:27:38 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:27:38 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Katy wrote in message news:380fd475 DOT 6115722 AT news3 DOT newscene DOT com... > For example a simple "Hello World" exe, is ~ 268,000 KB. Um, I think you mean 268,000 bytes :-) > I use the following commands to compile the hello.cpp > gpp -c -o hello.o hello.cpp > gpp -o hello.exe hello.o > > How can I make my exe's smaller, is there a switch that I can use to > do this. Yes, use the -s option. This will strip all the debugging information from the executable. If you start developing something however, always compile with -g and no -s to make as much debug info as possible so you can debug it. Use -s for final exe. -- Johan Venter ICQ 3643877 - jventer AT writeme DOT com The TPU DJGPP Interest Group - http://surf.to/djgppig The RSXNTDJ 1.5 HOWTO - http://surf.to/rsxntdj