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.IX Title "STRIP 1"
-.TH STRIP 1 "2007-08-06" "binutils-2.17.90" "GNU Development Tools"
+.TH STRIP 1 "2009-10-16" "binutils-2.20" "GNU Development Tools"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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+.if n .ad l
+.nh
.SH "NAME"
strip \- Discard symbols from object files.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.RE
.RS 4
.Sp
-Note \- the choice of \f(CW\*(C`.dbg\*(C'\fR as an extension for the debug info
+Note\-\-\-the choice of \f(CW\*(C`.dbg\*(C'\fR as an extension for the debug info
file is arbitrary. Also the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-only\-keep\-debug\*(C'\fR step is
optional. You could instead do this:
.IP "1.<Link the executable as normal.>" 4
.IX Item "1.<Link the executable as normal.>"
.PD 0
-.ie n .IP "1.<Copy ""foo""\fR to \f(CW""foo.full"">" 4
-.el .IP "1.<Copy \f(CWfoo\fR to \f(CWfoo.full\fR>" 4
-.IX Item "1.<Copy foo to foo.full>"
+.ie n .IP "1.<Copy ""foo""\fR to \f(CW""foo.full"">" 4
+.el .IP "1.<Copy \f(CWfoo\fR to \f(CWfoo.full\fR>" 4
+.IX Item "1.<Copy foo to foo.full>"
.ie n .IP "1.<Run ""strip \-\-strip\-debug foo"">" 4
.el .IP "1.<Run \f(CWstrip \-\-strip\-debug foo\fR>" 4
.IX Item "1.<Run strip --strip-debug foo>"
.RS 4
.PD
.Sp
-ie the file pointed to by the \fB\-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink\fR can be the
+i.e., the file pointed to by the \fB\-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink\fR can be the
full executable. It does not have to be a file created by the
\&\fB\-\-only\-keep\-debug\fR switch.
.Sp
-Note \- this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files. It
+Note\-\-\-this switch is only intended for use on fully linked files. It
does not make sense to use it on object files where the debugging
information may be incomplete. Besides the gnu_debuglink feature
currently only supports the presence of one filename containing
Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
-literally, and not removed.
+literally, and not removed.
.Sp
Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the