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authorRoland Pesch <pesch@cygnus>1992-08-08 01:13:23 +0000
committerRoland Pesch <pesch@cygnus>1992-08-08 01:13:23 +0000
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Strip has mutated; remove all existing option documentation, document
only -v (verbose).
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diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index d53cbc1..226e586 100644
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -879,17 +879,14 @@ Display version number information on @code{size} itself.
@kindex strip
@cindex removing symbols
@cindex discarding symbols
+@cindex symbols, discarding
@smallexample
- strip [ -s | +strip-all ] [ -g | -S | +strip-debug ]
- [ -x | +discard-all ] [ -X | +discard-locals ]
- [ -T @var{bfdname} ]
- @var{objfiles}@dots{}
+ strip [ -v ] @var{objfiles}@dots{}
@end smallexample
GNU @code{strip} will discard all symbols from object files
-@var{objfiles}, if no options are specified; or only certain symbols,
-depending on its command-line options.
+@var{objfiles}. The list of object files may include archives.
@code{strip} will not execute unless at least one object file is listed.
@@ -898,40 +895,10 @@ depending on its command-line options.
rather than writing modified copies under different names.
@end quotation
-The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
-equivalent.
-
@table @code
-@item -s
-@itemx +strip-all
-@cindex all symbols, discarding
-This is the default case: strip all symbol entries from @var{objfiles}.
-
-@item -g
-@itemx -S
-@itemx +strip-debug
-@cindex debugging symbols, discarding
-Discard only debugging symbol information from @var{objfiles}.
-
-@item -x
-@itemx +discard-all
-@cindex local symbols, discarding
-Discard all symbols local to each file in @var{objfiles}.
-@emph{WARNING:} Note that @code{+discard-all} discards only @emph{local}
-symbols, in spite of its name.
-
-@item -X
-@itemx +discard-locals
-Discard local symbols starting with @samp{L} from each file in
-@var{objfiles}. (Some compilers produce internally-used symbols that
-begin with @samp{L}.)
-
-@item -T @var{bfdname}
-@cindex object code format
-You can specify a particular object-code format @var{bfdname} for
-@var{objfiles}. This may not be necessary; @var{strip} can automatically
-recognize many formats. @xref{objdump}, for information on listing
-available formats.
+@item -v
+Verbose operation: list all object files modified. In the case of
+archives, @samp{strip -v} will list all members of the archive.
@end table
@node Index, , strip, Top