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From: "David Botton" <David@Botton.com>
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Subject: Re: Executable size with GNAT for Windows and Linux
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:41:04 -0400
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Try:

gnatmake -O2 XXXXX -largs -s

I also like to use UPX to compress the executable size (DLLs or even ActiveX
controls) I create with Ada.  http://upx.sourceforge.net/

David Botton


"Michael Bode" <m.g.bode@web.de> wrote in message
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> I've found the size of executables to differ considerably under
> Windows and Linux.  The hello.adb that comes with gnat 3.13p has under
> Linux this size:
>
> gnatmake -g hello.adb
>
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 mb       users       23199 Mai  5 21:43 hello
> -rw-r--r--    1 mb       users         899 Jun 12  2000 hello.adb
> -rw-r--r--    1 mb       users         689 Mai  5 21:43 hello.ali
> -rw-r--r--    1 mb       users        5108 Mai  5 21:43 hello.o
> -rw-r--r--    1 mb       users          12 Jun 12  2000 hello.rsp
>
> whereas under Windows
>
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          899 Feb 25  2000 hello.adb
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          720 Mai  5 10:08 hello.ali
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       118306 Mai  5 10:08 hello.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4751 Mai  5 10:08 hello.o
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           12 Feb 25  2000 hello.rsp
>
> Any hints what can be done to reduce executable size under Windows?