> canuck15 wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I was wondering how Astlinux got the Asterisk files so > small? I would have > > assumed a standard Asterisk install would have the same file sizes. > > > > Astlinux > > /usr/sbin/asterisk file size 867k > > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/codec_ilbc.so file size 84k > > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/chan_sip.so file size 267k > > > > Standard Asterisk > > /usr/sbin/asterisk file size 6.2M > > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/codec_ilbc.so file size 877k > > /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/chan_sip.so file size 657k > > It's call stripping the binaries. It removed unnecessary > comments which > can take up a huge amount of space (as you've seen). It's common > practice to do this for embedded targets. > > Darrick > -- > Darrick Hartman > DJH Solutions, LLC > http://www.djhsolutions.com
Well you learn something new every day. Now I know about stripping. Thanks! Makes a big difference. _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
