From b56f55ce04b49900252128472486632d04fb4e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:39:10 +0000
Subject: Change output of `nm --help' to include a description of the purpose
 of the program and a detailed description of the accepted options.

---
 binutils/nm.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'binutils/nm.c')

diff --git a/binutils/nm.c b/binutils/nm.c
index 2ee4873..ad5a00d 100644
--- a/binutils/nm.c
+++ b/binutils/nm.c
@@ -291,19 +291,38 @@ usage (stream, status)
      FILE *stream;
      int status;
 {
-  fprintf (stream, _("\
-Usage: %s [-aABCDglnopPrsuvV] [-t radix] [--radix=radix] [--target=bfdname]\n\
-       [--debug-syms] [--extern-only] [--print-armap] [--print-file-name]\n\
-       [--numeric-sort] [--no-sort] [--reverse-sort] [--size-sort]\n\
-       [--undefined-only] [--portability] [-f {bsd,sysv,posix}]\n\
-       [--format={bsd,sysv,posix}] [--demangle] [--no-demangle] [--dynamic]\n\
-       [--defined-only] [--line-numbers]\n\
-       [--version] [--help]\n\
-       [file...]\n"),
-	   program_name);
+  fprintf (stream, _("Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"), program_name);
+  fprintf (stream, _("List symbols from FILEs (a.out by default).\n"));
+  fprintf (stream, _("\n\
+  -a, --debug-syms       Display debugger-only symbols\n\
+  -A, --print-file-name  Print name of the input file before every symbol\n\
+  -B                     Same as --format=bsd\n\
+  -C, --demangle         Decode low-level symbol names into user-level names\n\
+      --no-demangle      Do not demangle low-level symbol names\n\
+  -D, --dynamic          Display dynamic symbols instead of normal symbols\n\
+      --defined-only     Display only defined symbols\n\
+  -e                     (ignored)\n\
+  -f, --format=FORMAT    Use the output format FORMAT.  FORMAT can be `bsd',\n\
+                           `sysv' or `posix'.  The default is `bsd'\n\
+  -g, --extern-only      Display only external symbols\n\
+  -h, --help             Display this information\n\
+  -l, --line-numbers     Use debugging information to find a filename and\n\
+                           line number for each symbol\n\
+  -n, --numeric-sort     Sort symbols numerically by address\n\
+  -o                     Same as -A\n\
+  -p, --no-sort          Do not sort the symbols\n\
+  -P, --portability      Same as --format=posix\n\
+  -r, --reverse-sort     Reverse the sense of the sort\n\
+  -s, --print-armap      Include index for symbols from archive members\n\
+      --size-sort        Sort symbols by size\n\
+  -t, --radix=RADIX      Use RADIX for printing symbol values\n\
+      --target=BFDNAME   Specify the target object format as BFDNAME\n\
+  -u, --undefined-only   Display only undefined symbols\n\
+  -V, --version          Display this program's version number\n\
+\n"));
   list_supported_targets (program_name, stream);
   if (status == 0)
-    fprintf (stream, _("Report bugs to %s\n"), REPORT_BUGS_TO);
+    fprintf (stream, _("Report bugs to %s.\n"), REPORT_BUGS_TO);
   exit (status);
 }
 
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