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From: Darius DOT Clynes AT cec DOT eu DOT int
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Subject: Strip can reduce size of a Cygwin compiled .exe
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:48:14 +0200 
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strip is very handy

re: the post about reducing the size of a compiled .dll

using strip also applies to compiled executables.
its great if you used -g to compile, and you want a smaller distribution,
without recompiling.


strip anyexe.exe

i had a huge 14 mb .exe, after strip,
it was only 2 mb!

thanks.


Darius Clynes 
Software Engineer
European Commission
Rue De Mot 24
Brussels, 1040 
Belgium

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