NAME

size − print section sizes in bytes of common object files

SYNOPSIS

size [−doxV] files

DESCRIPTION

The size command produces section size information in bytes for each loaded section in the common object files.  The size of the text, data, and bss (uninitialized data) sections is printed, as well as the sum of the sizes of these sections.  If an archive file is input to the size command the information for all archive members is displayed. 

Numbers will be printed in decimal unless either the −o or the −x option is used, in which case they will be printed in octal or in hexadecimal, respectively. 

The −V flag will supply the version information on the size command. 

SEE ALSO

as(1), cc(1), ld(1), a.out(4), ar(4). 

CAVEAT

Since the size of bss sections is not known until link-edit time, the size command will not give the true total size of pre-linked objects. 

September 02, 1992