Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:21:32 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: David Jenkins <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Size of .exe Why so BIG???
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On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, David Jenkins wrote:

> I've used the -s option it works great.
> 
> But strip I don't understand.
> From what I can gather it works at the intermediate compiler stage on
> the pre assmebled source???
> In short "How does it work????"

gcc -s and `strip' are just 2 different ways to do the same thing.  When 
you invoke gcc with -s, it just strips the debugging symbols before 
converting the program to DOS-style .exe program.  `strip' is a 
stand-alone program that does the same.