.TH DH_STRIP 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_strip \- strip executables, shared libraries, and some static libraries.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_strip
.I "[debhelper options] [-Xitem]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_strip is a debhelper program that is responsible for stripping
executables, shared libraries, and static libraries that are not used for
debugging.
.P
It assumes that files that have names like lib*_g.a are static libraries
used in debugging, and will not strip them.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B debhelper options
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
.TP
.B \-Xitem, \--exclude=item
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being
stripped. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of
things to exclude.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.SH NOTES
If the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environement variable contains "nostrip", nothing
will be stripped, in accordance with Debian policy.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR debhelper (1)
.SH "CONFORMS TO"
Debian policy, version 3.0.1
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>