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| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 3751d04..1eb854e 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] [@option{--add-gnu-debuglink=}@var{path-to-file}] [@option{--keep-file-symbols}] [@option{--only-keep-debug}] + [@option{--extract-symbol}] [@option{--writable-text}] [@option{--readonly-text}] [@option{--pure}] @@ -1489,6 +1490,21 @@ currently only supports the presence of one filename containing debugging information, not multiple filenames on a one-per-object-file basis. +@item --extract-symbol +Keep the file's section flags and symbols but remove all section data. +Specifically, the option: + +@itemize +@item sets the virtual and load addresses of every section to zero; +@item removes the contents of all sections; +@item sets the size of every section to zero; and +@item sets the file's start address to zero. +@end itemize + +This option is used to build a @file{.sym} file for a VxWorks kernel. +It can also be a useful way of reducing the size of a @option{--just-symbols} +linker input file. + @item -V @itemx --version Show the version number of @command{objcopy}. |