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# NAME

`crunchide` — hides symbol names from ld, for crunching programs together

# SYNOPSIS

`crunchide` | [`-f` keep-list-file] [`-k` keep-symbol] object-file [object-file ...]

# DESCRIPTION

`crunchide` hides the global symbols of object-file such that they are ignored by subsequent runs of the linker, ld(1). Some symbols may be left visible via the `-k` keep-symbol and `-f` keep-list-file options. The keep-list-file must contain a list of symbols to keep visible, one symbol per line. The names given by keep-symbol or in keep-list-file should be C names. For example, to keep the C function “foo” visible, the option “-k foo” should be used.

`crunchide` is designed as a companion program for crunchgen(1), which automates the process of creating crunched binaries from multiple component programs.

# SEE ALSO

crunchgen(1), ld(1)

# AUTHORS

`crunchide` was written by James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>.

Copyright (c) 1994 University of Maryland. All Rights Reserved.

Chris Demetriou ⟨cgd@NetBSD.org⟩ reorganized `crunchide` so that it supported multiple object formats, and added ELF object support and ECOFF object recognition.

Copyright (c) 1997 Christopher G. Demetriou. All Rights Reserved.

June 14, 1994 | NetBSD 11.0