renkel@motcid.UUCP (Will Renkel) (02/02/91)
I noticed most pgms in UNIX are NOT stripped of the symbol table. Does anyone know about how much space these un-necessary symbol tables take up? Can they be stripped without any problems? Will Renkel - Motorola - Cellular 1501 W. Shure Drive - Room N258, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (708) 632-4416 - ...uunet!mcdchg!motcid!renkel
dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) (02/03/91)
In article <4623@apricot17.UUCP>, renkel@motcid.UUCP (Will Renkel) writes: > I noticed most pgms in UNIX are NOT stripped of the symbol table. > Does anyone know about how much space these un-necessary symbol tables take up > Can they be stripped without any problems? > I've stripped every executable on my machine EXCEPT /unix. I've noticed no problems as of yet. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: dave@das13.snide.com