%general-entities; ]> The system is almost finished. It can be made smaller by removing files that are not necessary. Create a copy of the file system in case changes need to be made to it later: install -dv ${CLFS}-final cp -arv ${CLFS}/* ${CLFS}-final/ Remove files that aren't needed: rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/cross-tools rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/usr/src/* rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/usr/include rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/usr/man rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/usr/share/man rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/build rm -rfv ${CLFS}-final/sources Remove the static libaries: FILES="$(ls ${CLFS}-final/lib/*.a ${CLFS}-final/usr/lib/*.a)" for file in $FILES; do rm -fv $file done