[Novalug] gdb tidbit - objcopy

[Doug Toppin]

A ways back I did a couple of presentations on using the gdb debugger.
 I just ran across something I didn't know about called 'objcopy'
(copy and translate object files).  It can be used to manupulate
object files (binaries) in various ways.  One of the options it
supports is '--only-keep-debug'.   Using that on an executable with
symbol data will create a new file containing only the debug symbol
data.  This would allow you to build a fully debuggable binary, output
the debug symbols to another file and then strip the original.   You
can then load the debug symbols later in a gdb session with the gdb
'symbol' command.  The reasons for doing this might include space
savings or not wanting to provide a debug capability in your delivery.
 I'm sure that there are other useful situations for doing that.

I thought I'd pass along a mention of 'objcopy' in case anyone else
might find some benefit with it.   Anyone else used it in the past?

Doug