From:	Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Sizes of executables
Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:17:02 +0000
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ki99_jan AT k DOT kth DOT se (Jonas Alin) wrote:

> Hello 
> I have some problems in keeping down the sizes of the executables when I 
> link with djgpp. There just MUST be a way to strip them down because the 
> code of the object files before linking is only a small fraction of the 
> huge exe's I get. There seem to be a whole lot of unused code in the 
> files. Does anyone have an answer to this? I am a rather newbie at djgpp 

It's all in the FAQ, section 8.14 "Why are DJGPP .exe files so large?"

Basically, compile with -O2 and link with -s.

I don't know why the FAQ does not suggest -Os which would seem more
appropriate in this situation.  That is what I use, but I have not
really tested to see the difference it makes.

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