nld Manual

nld Options
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-x
-x
Removes symbol information used for symbolic debugging from the output file.
This action often decreases the size of an object file. The file cannot be symbolically
debugged with Inspect, but enough information remains so the object file can be used
as nld input again. This flag is often used with -r on page 3-11.
If you specify only one input file name and use both -x and -r, and you specify the
same file name again for the output file with -o on page 3-11, you can partially strip a
file in place. The resulting file has a new nld timestamp. The resulting object file is not
necessarily smaller than the original file.
-y
Identifies the object files that define and use a specified symbol.
symbol
is the symbol to report on.
If you use -verbose on page 3-16, nld writes to its output listing information to identify
which object files define and use the specified symbol. This information can be useful if
a previous nld session produced error or warning messages about a symbol being
either undefined or defined more than once.
-x
-y symbol