.CD "astrip \(en remove symbols"
.SX "astrip \fIfile\fR ..."
.FL "\fR(none)"
.EY "astrip kernel.out" "Removes the symbol table from \fIkernel.out\fR"
.PP
.I Astrip
removes the symbol table ordinarily attached to
ACK format object files.
.I Astrip
can only be used to remove the symbol table from a 
.MX
\fI.out\fR file. 
It cannot be used to remove symbol tables from executables.
To do that use
.I strip
instead.