strip -s -R file format?

FROM : Jim Correia
DATE : Fri Nov 01 06:15:01 2002

I'm trying to post process a binary with strip using -s or -R (I'm just
trying to make it work now...)

The man page says the file format is one symbol name per line, but I
can't get it to work.

What should the file look like? Just a name? A name with arguments? A
name followed by parentheses? Right now I'm just trying plain c symbols
run through the c compiler.

I've tried different possibilities, and strip always complains that the
symbol can't be found. (I can see it with nm.)

And since after the above problem gets solved I'm sure this will be my
next question: How do I deal with C++ symbols? Feed the mangled
version, the unmangled version, or something else?

Thanks,
Jim