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Re: compiling file 3.26



John Zheng wrote:
> [...]
> One more question.  When I compile file.exe, my resulting file.exe ends up
> being 382,463 bytes.  The version you have on your ftp server is only 23,552
> bytes.  How do you get the compile to make it so small?

Erase the symbol table from the binary via

	strip file.exe

or call gcc with strip option `-s' in link stage.

Regards,
Corinna

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