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From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: UNIX size
Keywords: size, strip
Message-ID: <1478@das13.snide.com>
Date: 2 Feb 91 16:16:19 GMT
References: <4623@apricot17.UUCP>
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Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA
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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
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