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authorDavid MacKenzie <djm@cygnus>1993-04-29 18:15:00 +0000
committerDavid MacKenzie <djm@cygnus>1993-04-29 18:15:00 +0000
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Document missing options. Use -- instead of + for long options.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
-rw-r--r--binutils/ar.19
-rw-r--r--binutils/nm.142
-rw-r--r--binutils/objdump.130
-rw-r--r--binutils/size.140
-rw-r--r--binutils/strip.160
5 files changed, 117 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ar.1 b/binutils/ar.1
index 1e19390..3d03690 100644
--- a/binutils/ar.1
+++ b/binutils/ar.1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ar\(em\&create, modify, and extract from archives.
.hy 0
.na
.BR ar " [\|" "-" "\|]"\c
-.I pmod \c
+.I {dmpqrtx}[abcilosuvV] \c
[\|\c
.I membername\c
\&\|] \c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ their placement in the archive.
You may use `\|\c
.B nm \-s\c
\|' or `\|\c
-.B nm +print-armap\c
+.B nm \-\-print\-armap\c
\|' to list this index
table. If an archive lacks the table, another form of \c
.B ar\c
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ when the modifier `\|\c
.B v\c
\|' is appended.
+.TP
+.B V
+This modifier shows the version number of
+.BR ar .
+
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/binutils/nm.1 b/binutils/nm.1
index 3bdea9b..26ed5a0 100644
--- a/binutils/nm.1
+++ b/binutils/nm.1
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@ nm\(em\&list symbols from object files.
.na
.TP
.B nm
-.RB "[\|" \-a | +debug-syms "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-g | +extern-only "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-s | +print-armap "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-o | +print-file-name "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-n | +numeric-sort "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-p | +no-sort "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-r | +reverse-sort "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-u | +undefined-only "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" "+target\ "\c
+.RB "[\|" \-a | \-\-debug\-syms "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-g | \-\-extern\-only "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-s | \-\-print\-armap "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-o | \-\-print\-file\-name "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-n | \-\-numeric\-sort "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-p | \-\-no\-sort "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-r | \-\-reverse\-sort "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-u | \-\-undefined\-only "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" "\-\-target="\c
.I bfdname\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\&.\|.\|.\|]
.ad b
.hy 1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ nm\(em\&list symbols from object files.
GNU \c
.B nm\c
\& will list the symbols from object files \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\&.
.SH OPTIONS
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
equivalent.
.TP
-.IR "objfiles" .\|.\|.
+.IR "objfile" .\|.\|.
Object files whose symbols are to be listed. If no object files are
listed as arguments, \c
.B nm\c
@@ -54,33 +54,33 @@ listed as arguments, \c
.TP
.B \-a
.TP
-.B +debug-syms
+.B \-\-debug\-syms
Display debugger-only symbols; normally these are not listed.
.TP
.B \-g
.TP
-.B +extern-only
+.B \-\-extern\-only
Display only external symbols.
.TP
.B \-p
.TP
-.B +no-sort
+.B \-\-no\-sort
Don't bother to sort the symbols in any order; just print them in the
order encountered.
.TP
.B \-n
.TP
-.B +numeric-sort
+.B \-\-numeric\-sort
Sort symbols numerically by their addresses, not alphabetically by their
names.
.TP
.B \-s
.TP
-.B +print-armap
+.B \-\-print\-armap
When listing symbols from archive members, include the index: a mapping
(stored in the archive by \c
.B ar\c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ contain definitions for what names.
.TP
.B \-o
.TP
-.B +print-file-name
+.B \-\-print\-file\-name
Precede each symbol by the name of the input file where it was found,
rather than identifying the input file once only before all of its
symbols.
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ symbols.
.TP
.B \-r
.TP
-.B +reverse-sort
+.B \-\-reverse\-sort
Reverse the sense of the sort (whether numeric or alphabetic); let the
last come first.
.TP
-.BI "+target " "bfdname"\c
+.BI "\-\-target " "bfdname"\c
\&
Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
See
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ for information on listing available formats.
.TP
.B \-u
.TP
-.B +undefined-only
+.B \-\-undefined\-only
Display only undefined symbols (those external to each object file).
.PP
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.1 b/binutils/objdump.1
index b26fb7c..c7c4f0a 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.1
+++ b/binutils/objdump.1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ objdump\(em\&display information from object files.
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \-d "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-f "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-h | --header "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-h | \-\-header "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-i "\|]"
.RB "[\|" "\-j\ "\c
.I section\c
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ objdump\(em\&display information from object files.
.RB "[\|" "\-m\ "\c
.I machine\c
\&\|]
-.RB "[\|" \-r | --reloc "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-r | \-\-reloc "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-s "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \--stabs "\|]"
-.RB "[\|" \-t | --syms "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-stabs "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-t | \-\-syms "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-x "\|]"
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\&.\|.\|.
.ad b
.hy 1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Where long and short forms of an option are shown together, they are
equivalent.
.TP
-.IR "objfiles" .\|.\|.
+.IR "objfile" .\|.\|.
The object files to be examined. When you specify archives,
\c
.B objdump\c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The object files to be examined. When you specify archives,
.TP
.B \-a
If any files from \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\& are archives, display the archive
header information (in a format similar to `\|\c
.B ls \-l\c
@@ -106,20 +106,20 @@ formats available with the `\|\c
.B \-d
Disassemble. Display the assembler mnemonics for the machine
instructions from \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\&.
.TP
.B \-f
File header. Display summary information from the overall header of
each file in \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\&.
.TP
.B \-h
.TP
-.B --header
+.B \-\-header
Header. Display summary information from the section headers of the
object file.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ and line numbers corresponding to the object code shown.
.BI "-m " "machine"\c
\&
Specify the object files \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\& are for architecture
\c
.I machine\c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ option.
.TP
.B \-r
.TP
-.B --reloc
+.B \-\-reloc
Relocation. Print the relocation entries of the file.
.TP
@@ -168,18 +168,18 @@ Relocation. Print the relocation entries of the file.
Display the full contents of any sections requested.
.TP
-.B \--stabs
+.B \-\-stabs
Display the contents of the .stab, .stab.index, and .stab.excl
sections from an ELF file. This is only useful on systems (such as
Solaris 2.0) in which .stab debugging symbol-table entries are carried
in an ELF section. In most other file formats, debugging symbol-table
entries are interleaved with linkage symbols, and are visible in the
---syms output.
+\-\-syms output.
.TP
.B \-t
.TP
-.B --syms
+.B \-\-syms
Symbol Table. Print the symbol table entries of the file.
This is similar to the information provided by the `\|\c
.B nm\c
diff --git a/binutils/size.1 b/binutils/size.1
index 43f2091..13351a4 100644
--- a/binutils/size.1
+++ b/binutils/size.1
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ size\(em\&list section sizes and total size.
.TP
.B size
.RB "[\|" \-A \||\| \-B \||\| \c
-.BI "+format\ " compatibility\c
+.BI "\-\-format=" compatibility\c
\&\|]
-.RB "[\|" +help "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-d \||\| \-o \||\| \-x\c
\||\|\c
-.BI "+radix\ " number\c
+.BI "\-\-radix=" number\c
\&\|]
.RB "[\|" \c
-.BI "+target\ " bfdname\c
+.BI "\-\-target=" bfdname\c
\&\|]
-.RB "[\|" \-V \||\| +version "\|]"
-.I objfiles\c
+.RB "[\|" \-V \||\| \-\-version "\|]"
+.I objfile\c
\&.\|.\|.
.ad b
.hy 1
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ The GNU \c
.B size\c
\& utility lists the section sizes\(em\&and the total
size\(em\&for each of the object files \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\& in its argument list.
By default, one line of output is generated for each object file or each
module in an archive.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.IR "objfiles" .\|.\|.
+.IR "objfile" .\|.\|.
The object files to be examined.
.TP
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The object files to be examined.
.TP
.B \-B
.TP
-.BI "+format " "compatibility"\c
+.BI "\-\-format " "compatibility"\c
\&
Using one of these options, you can choose whether the output from GNU
\c
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ Using one of these options, you can choose whether the output from GNU
.B \-A\c
\|',
or `\|\c
-.B +format sysv\c
+.B \-\-format sysv\c
\|'), or Berkeley \c
.B size\c
\& (using `\|\c
.B \-B\c
\|', or
`\|\c
-.B +format berkeley\c
+.B \-\-format berkeley\c
\|'). The default is the one-line format similar to
Berkeley's.
.TP
-.B +help
+.B \-\-help
Show a summary of acceptable arguments and options.
.TP
@@ -84,25 +84,25 @@ Show a summary of acceptable arguments and options.
.TP
.B \-x
.TP
-.BI "+radix " "number"\c
+.BI "\-\-radix " "number"\c
\&
Using one of these options, you can control whether the size of each
section is given in decimal (`\|\c
.B \-d\c
\|', or `\|\c
-.B +radix 10\c
+.B \-\-radix 10\c
\|'); octal
(`\|\c
.B \-o\c
\|', or `\|\c
-.B +radix 8\c
+.B \-\-radix 8\c
\|'); or hexadecimal (`\|\c
.B \-x\c
\|', or
`\|\c
-.B +radix 16\c
+.B \-\-radix 16\c
\|'). In `\|\c
-.B +radix \c
+.B \-\-radix \c
.I number\c
\&\c
\|', only the three
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ octal and hexadecimal if you're using `\|\c
\|'.
.TP
-.BI "+target " "bfdname"\c
+.BI "\-\-target " "bfdname"\c
\&
You can specify a particular object-code format for \c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\& as
\c
.I bfdname\c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ on listing available formats.
.TP
.B \-V
.TP
-.B +version
+.B \-\-version
Display version number information on \c
.B size\c
\& itself.
diff --git a/binutils/strip.1 b/binutils/strip.1
index 26f4a3c..be302be 100644
--- a/binutils/strip.1
+++ b/binutils/strip.1
@@ -11,24 +11,31 @@
strip\(em\&Discard symbols from object files.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B strip\c
-.RB " [\|" \-v "\|] "\c
-.I objfiles\c
+.B strip
+.RB "[\|" "\-F \fIformat\fP" | \-\-format=\fIformat\fP | \-\-target=\fIformat\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" "\-I \fIformat\fP" | \-\-input\-format=\fIformat\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" "\-O \fIformat\fP" | \-\-output\-format=\fIformat\fP "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-s | \-\-strip\-all "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-S | -g | \-\-strip\-debug "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-x | \-\-discard\-all "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-X | \-\-discard\-locals "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-v | \-\-verbose "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-V | \-\-version "\|]"
+.I objfile\c
\&.\|.\|.
.SH DESCRIPTION
GNU \c
.B strip\c
-\& will discard all symbols from object files
+\& discards all symbols from the object files
\c
-.I objfiles\c
+.I objfile\c
\&. The list of object files may include archives.
\c
.B strip\c
\& will not execute unless at least one object file is listed.
-.I WARNING:\c
\& \c
.B strip\c
\& modifies the files named in its argument,
@@ -41,6 +48,47 @@ Verbose operation: list all object files modified. In the case of
archives, `\|\c
.B strip \-v\c
\&\|' will list all members of the archive.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-F \fIformat\fP \-\-format=\fIformat\fP \-\-target=\fIformat\fP"
+Treat the original \fIobjfile\fP as a file with the object
+code format \fIformat\fP, and rewrite it in the same format.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-I \fIformat\fP \-\-input\-format=\fIformat\fP"
+Treat the original \fIobjfile\fP as a file with the object
+code format \fIformat\fP.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-O \fIformat\fP \-\-output\-format=\fIformat\fP"
+Replace \fIobjfile\fP with a file in the output format \fIformat\fP.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-s \-\-strip\-all"
+Remove all symbols.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-S -g \-\-strip\-debug"
+Remove debugging symbols only.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-x \-\-discard\-all"
+Remove non-global symbols.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-X \-\-discard\-locals"
+Remove compiler-generated local symbols.
+(These usually start with ``L'' or ``.''.)
+
+.TP
+.B "\-v \-\-verbose"
+Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of
+archives, ``strip -V'' lists all members of the archive.
+
+.TP
+.B "\-V \-\-version
+Show the version number for \fBstrip\fP.
+
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"