Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!copper!templon From: templon@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (jeffrey templon) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Is there a patch to astrip? (mac) Message-ID: <1991Apr22.174813.7849@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: 22 Apr 91 17:48:13 GMT References: <51517@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 31 In article <51517@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Christoph van Wuellen writes: >strip is the right command to strip the symbol table from ST MINIX >binaries. > >astrip perhaps strips symbol tables from ACK objects (there is no point >in doing it, besides). > >Forget about astrip (useless), why does strip not work? > >C.v.W. When I type 'strip /usr/bin/ls', say, I get the error message: /usr/bin/ls -- not an executable file or some such nonsense. I deduced that astrip was the right guy to use since I tried nm on an object file (when trying to get c68 up!) which did not work, but anm did. This may be incorrect in the details, it has been several days. So I thought hmmm, nm => anm, therefore strip => astrip. I really do need to buy this book!! A copy is on the way. Then I will perhaps ask some more informed questions. Jeff by the way, this is funny in light of your comments; even though I am on a Mac, when I say 'file /usr/bin/ls', it tells me it is a 'MINIX/ST executable file'.