From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: EXE files too big!
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Date:	Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:25:13 GMT
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:27:12 +0200, "Bad Sector" <kom000 AT otenet DOT gr>
wrote:

>I saw that DJGPP creates very big files. DJGPP stores many debugging
>info in EXE files. That is good for debugging my apps, but if i want
>to give these apps to others they must be smaller. the question is:
>how can i turn off this debugging info?

Here's what I do:

1. Download and install UPX.  http://upx.tsx.org/
2. Run UPX on your executables.
     c:\>upx -9 foo.exe

UPX strips the debugging symbols from DJGPP/COFF executables,
compresses what's left (code and data tables), and adds a
decompressor stub at the beginning.

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