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| author | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1999-06-12 15:42:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1999-06-12 15:42:04 +0000 |
| commit | f91ea8497661e80927b17cabda43af803e60391c (patch) | |
| tree | b568bebd345c04df219493bd41412a2b8ee46d18 /binutils/binutils.texi | |
| parent | f353eb8a51a81b3997cf97a7e02c5a7fdafb8a6e (diff) | |
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Based on patch from H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com>:
* objcopy.c (struct section_list): Add copy field.
(sections_copied): New static variable.
(copy_options): Add "only-section".
(copy_usage): Mention -j and --only-section.
(find_section_list): Initialize copy field.
(is_strip_section): Check for copying sections.
(copy_object): Check sections_copied when calling filter_symbols.
(setup_section): Check for copying sections.
(copy_section): Likewise.
(copy_main): Handle -j/--only-section.
* binutils.texi, objcopy.1: Document -j/--only-section.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/binutils.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/binutils.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi index b431a95..a079d92 100644 --- a/binutils/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/binutils.texi @@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ] [ -x | --discard-all ] [ -X | --discard-locals ] [ -b @var{byte} | --byte=@var{byte} ] [ -i @var{interleave} | --interleave=@var{interleave} ] + [ -j @var{sectionname} | --only-section=@var{sectionname} ] [ -R @var{sectionname} | --remove-section=@var{sectionname} ] [ -p | --preserve-dates ] [ --debugging ] [ --gap-fill=@var{val} ] [ --pad-to=@var{address} ] @@ -905,6 +906,12 @@ Use @var{bfdname} as the object format for both the input and the output file; i.e., simply transfer data from source to destination with no translation. @xref{Target Selection}, for more information. +@item -j @var{sectionname} +@itemx --only-section=@var{sectionname} +Copy only the named section from the input file to the output file. +This option may be given more than once. Note that using this option +inappropriately may make the output file unusable. + @item -R @var{sectionname} @itemx --remove-section=@var{sectionname} Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file. This |