NAME

metal-strip - metal stripping tool

SYNOPSIS

metal-strip [options] filename

DESCRIPTION

The default behavior of metal-strip is to strip out non-public symbols from <filename>. More information can be stripped out by using individual options.

OPTIONS

-help: Display available options.

-version: Display metal-strip version.

-arch <arch>: Add <arch> to the list of slices to strip. It can be specified multiple times. The default behavior is to strip to all the slices.

-o <filename>: Write output to <filename>. If not specified, the overwrite the input file.

-S: Strip debug info -- default is off.

-T: Strip type names -- default is off.

-debug_line_table: Save debug line tables when stripping out debug info.

-source_metadata: Save source embedded into the binary -- default is off.

-save_tracepoint_metadata: Save tracepoint data structures -- default is off.

EXAMPLES

To strip out non-public symbols:

$ metal-strip foo.metallib -o foo-stripped.metallib

To strip out type names as well:

$ metal-strip foo.metallib -T -o foo-stripped.metallib

To strip out debug info:

$ metal-strip foo.metallib -S -o foo-stripped.metallib

To strip out all debug info but line table info:

$ metal-strip foo.metallib -S -debug_line_table -o foo-stripped.metalllib

BUGS

To report bugs, please visit <https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/>.

COPYRIGHT

2014-2024, The Metal Team