1 .\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3 .TH objcopy 1 "June 1993" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
11 objcopy\(em\© and translate object files
18 .RB "[\|" \-F\ \fIformat\fB\ |\ \-\-format=\fIformat\fR "\|]"
19 .RB "[\|" \-I\ \fIformat\fB\ |\ \-\-input\-format=\fIformat\fR "\|]"
20 .RB "[\|" \-O\ \fIformat\fB\ |\ \-\-output\-format=\fIformat\fR "\|]"
21 .RB "[\|" \-S\ |\ \-\-strip\-all\fR "\|]"
22 .RB "[\|" \-g\ |\ \-\-strip\-debug\fR "\|]"
23 .RB "[\|" \-x\ |\ \-\-discard\-all\fR "\|]"
24 .RB "[\|" \-X\ |\ \-\-discard\-locals\fR "\|]"
25 .RB "[\|" \-v\ |\ \-\-verbose\fR "\|]"
26 .RB "[\|" \-V\ |\ \-\-version\fR "\|]"
27 .RB "[\|" \-\-help\fR "\|]"
29 .RB "[\|" outfile\fR "\|]"
33 utility copies the contents of an object file to another.
35 uses the GNU BFD Library to read and write the object files. It can
36 write the destination object file in a format different from that of
37 the source object file. The exact behavior of
39 is controlled by command-line options.
42 creates temporary files to do its translations and deletes them
45 uses BFD to do all its translation work; it knows about all the
46 formats BFD knows about, and thus is able to recognize most formats
47 without being told explicitly.
52 are the source and output files respectively. If you do not specify
55 creates a temporary file and destructively renames the result with the
56 name of the input file.
60 .B \-I \fIformat\fR, \fB\-\-input\-format=\fIformat
61 Consider the source file's object format to be
63 rather than attempting to deduce it.
65 .B \-O \fIformat\fR, \fB\-\-output\-format=\fIformat
66 Write the output file using the object format
69 .B \-F \fIformat\fR, \fB\-\-format=\fIformat
72 as the object format for both the input and the output file; i.e.
73 simply transfer data from source to destination with no translation.
75 .B \-S\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-all
76 Do not copy relocation and symbol information from the source file.
78 .B \-g\fR, \fB\-\-strip\-debug
79 Do not copy debugging symbols from the source file.
81 .B \-x\fR, \fB \-\-discard\-all
82 Do not copy non-global symbols from the source file.
84 .B \-X\fR, \fB\-\-discard\-locals
85 Do not copy compiler-generated local symbols. (These usually start
88 .B \-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose
89 Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of
90 archives, "\fBobjcopy \-V\fR" lists all members of the archive.
92 .B \-V\fR, \fB\-\-version
93 Show the version number of
98 Show a summary of the options to
102 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
108 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
109 \&, Roland H. Pesch (June 1993).
112 Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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