Re: [Harbour] Big binaries (newbie)

2010-04-25 Thread Viktor Szakáts
Use strip tool, or -strip hbmk2 option. You can also enhance compression using '-9 --lzma' upx options. Viktor On 2010 Apr 25, at 16:41, Bruce M. Axtens wrote: > A simple "hello world" compiles to 1124877 bytes. How come it's so big? And > is UPX the only way of making it smaller? > > Kind re

[Harbour] Big binaries (newbie)

2010-04-25 Thread Bruce M. Axtens
A simple "hello world" compiles to 1124877 bytes. How come it's so big? And is UPX the only way of making it smaller? Kind regards, Bruce. C:\hbIDE\projects>upx --best test.exe Ultimate Packer for eXecutables Copyright (C) 1996 - 2008 UPX 3.03w