object files and linker

when I link files together, does the linker strip out unused code from the object file?

For example, I create an object file that contains a lot of functions. I write a main.c that only calls one of the functions in the object code. Does the whole object file get included in my final exe?

1st source code:

Code:

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file 1:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        message1();
        return 0;
}

file 2:

int message1()
{
        printf("message");
        return 0;
}

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2nd source code:

Code:

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same first file

file 2:

int message1()
{
        printf("message");
        return 0;
}

int message2()
{
        printf("message");
        return 0;
}

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Program 1 = 12.0kb without upx
Program 2 = 12.1kb without upx

:: I labled each source wrong, it's corrected. : :

Ever more precise:

Code:

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.              <DIR>        04-17-02  2:44a .
..            <DIR>        04-17-02  2:44a ..
A        O          2,607  04-26-02  4:09p a.o
A        C              80  04-26-02  4:07p a.c
B        C            140  04-26-02  4:08p b.c
C        C              69  04-26-02  4:08p c.c
B        O          2,147  04-26-02  4:08p b.o
C        O          1,933  04-26-02  4:09p c.o
PGM      EXE        12,411  04-26-02  4:09p pgm.exe
PGM2    EXE        12,383  04-26-02  4:09p pgm2.exe

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