On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Karl Peters wrote: > Can you explain me (as a beginner) what strip does, and why I need to > strip lshd and other compiled programs not?
"strip" simply removes the debugging symbols from the executable. I assume you don't want to debug your production system, right? :-) You can test it yourself when you enter 'nm -n lshd': either the symbols are shown or not. HTH, Robert -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de | | Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry | | Braunschweiger Str. 79, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany | | Phone: +49-5121-28619-0 | Fax: +49-5121-28619-4 | +--------------------------------------------------------+
