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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1995-07-25 15:26:54 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1995-07-25 15:26:54 +0000
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* strings.c (DATA_FLAGS): Remove SEC_DATA.
(main): If no file names are given, scan standard input. * binutils.texi, strings.1: strings now scans non-data sections by default.
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diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
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+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ For each @var{file} given, GNU @code{strings} prints the printable
character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number
given with the options below) and are followed by a NUL or newline
character. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
-data sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints the
-strings from the whole file.
+and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
+the strings from the whole file.
@code{strings} is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text
files.
@@ -1290,8 +1290,8 @@ files.
@item -a
@itemx --all
@itemx -
-Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan
-the whole files.
+Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
+scan the whole files.
@item -f
@itemx --print-file-name