From:	DELCAPSyerricde AT pineight DOT 8mSOFTWARE DOT com (Damian Yerrick)
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Subject:	Re: HUGE execs
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On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:07:24 +0000 (GMT), "Wynand Van Staden"
<s9800973 AT student DOT rau DOT ac DOT za> wrote:

> there is something under the faq answering your question.....
> yes, there is a commandline option that removes debugging info from the exe file
> making it a lot smaller, this you'll do typically when you've finished debugging, and the proggy your compiling is the final release.
> 
> hope this helps...

To make it smaller, remove debugging info AND pack your program: UPX.
http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html
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