Query related to Hiding symbol in Shared Library

[nabilchampion]

Hi,

I have a question:

Suppose i have a source code file as

test.c
------------

#include <stdio.h>
void __attribute__ (( visibility ("hidden") )) sayHello (void)
{
   printf("hello");
}

i make shared library using gcc say named as libhello.so

now although the function sayHello is not exported to the libhello.so
but when i run this command:

shell> nm libhello.so

the resultant display shows one of the symbol there as sayHello

Is this possible that I completely hide this symbol so that nm doesnt read this local symbol in the library.

Kind Regards

[fpmurphy]

You can use the strip utility to remove all the symbols from your object file.

Alternatively, declare sayHello() to be a static function.