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.TH ilstrip 1 "5 July 2003" "Southern Storm Software" "Portable.NET Development Tools"
.SH NAME
ilstrip \- strip debug symbols from Intermediate Language (IL) programs
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBilstrip\fR [ options ] \fIinput\fR ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Ilstrip
strips the debug symbol information from an IL executable (.exe)
or an IL dynamic link library (.dll).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-o\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR \fIfile\fR
Specify the output filename.  By default the stripped version of a
file overwrites the original name.
.TP
.B \-p, \-\-preserve\-dates
Preserve the original access and modification times on the input files.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
List all files as they are modified.
.TP
.B \-\-help
Print a usage message for the \fBilstrip\fR program.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Print the version of the \fBilstrip\fR program.
.TP
.B \-\-
Marks the end of the command-line options, and the beginning of
the input filenames.  You may need to use this if your filename
begins with '-'.  e.g. "ilstrip -- -input.exe".  This is not needed
if the input is stdin: "ilstrip -" is perfectly valid.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Southern Storm Software, Pty Ltd.

http://www.southern-storm.com.au/
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ilsize(1), ilfind(1), ilasm(1), strip(1)
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
Exit status is 1 if an error occurred while processing the input.
Otherwise the exit status is 0.  See the manual page for
\fBilsize\fR(1) for a complete list of errors that may occur
when loading an IL image file.