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[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / binutils.texi

diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index afa1037918351377a1866ce9c94e5ea22544b72d..5f7c646b27576a519acfa656fbd6da5c017def03 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @end ifinfo
 
 @ifinfo
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions.
 @c This file documents the GNU binary utilities "ar", "ld", "objcopy",
 @c  "objdump", "nm", "size", "strings", "strip", "readelf" and "ranlib".
 @c
-@c Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c 
 @c This text may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU
 @c General Public License.
@@ -1692,15 +1692,16 @@ archives, @samp{strip -v} lists all members of the archive.
 
 @smallexample
 c++filt [ -_ | --strip-underscores ]
+        [ -j | --java ]
        [ -n | --no-strip-underscores ]
         [ -s @var{format} | --format=@var{format} ]
         [ --help ]  [ --version ]  [ @var{symbol}@dots{} ]
 @end smallexample
 
-The C++ language provides function overloading, which means that you can
-write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters
-of different types).  All C++ function names are encoded into a
-low-level assembly label (this process is known as
+The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means
+that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each
+takes parameters of different types).  All C++ and Java function names
+are encoded into a low-level assembly label (this process is known as
 @dfn{mangling}). The @code{c++filt} program does the inverse mapping: it
 decodes (@dfn{demangles}) low-level names into user-level names so that
 the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing.
@@ -1728,6 +1729,11 @@ of every name.  For example, the C name @code{foo} gets the low-level
 name @code{_foo}.  This option removes the initial underscore.  Whether
 @code{c++filt} removes the underscore by default is target dependent.
 
+@item -j
+@itemx --java
+Prints demangled names using Java syntax.  The default is to use C++
+syntax.
+
 @item -n
 @itemx --no-strip-underscores
 Do not remove the initial underscore.
@@ -1745,6 +1751,10 @@ the one used by the @sc{gnu} compiler (the default method)
 the one used by the Lucid compiler
 @item arm
 the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual
+@item hp
+the one used by the HP compiler
+@item edg
+the one used by the EDG compiler
 @end table
 
 @item --help
@@ -2314,12 +2324,15 @@ readelf [ -a | --all ]
         [ -h | --file-header]
         [ -l | --program-headers | --segments]
         [ -S | --section-headers | --sections]
-        [ -s | --symbols]
+        [ -e | --headers]
+        [ -s | --syms | --symbols]
         [ -r | --relocs]
         [ -d | --dynamic]
         [ -V | --version-info]
         [ -D | --use-dynamic]
         [ -x <number> | --hex-dump=<number>]
+        [ -w[liapr] | --debug-dump[=info,=line,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges]]
+        [      --histogram]
         [ -v | --version]
         [ -H | --help]
         @var{elffile}@dots{}
@@ -2359,15 +2372,21 @@ has any.
 
 @item -S
 @itemx --sections
+@itemx --section-headers
 @cindex ELF section information
 Displays the information contained in the file's section headers, if it
 has any.
 
 @item -s
 @itemx --symbols
+@itemx --syms
 @cindex ELF symbol table information
 Displays the entries in symbol table section of the file, if it has one.
 
+@item -e
+@itemx --headers
+Display all the headers in the file.  Equivalent to @samp{-h -l -S}.
+
 @item -r
 @itemx --relocs
 @cindex ELF reloc information
@@ -2394,6 +2413,16 @@ symbols section.
 @itemx --hex-dump=<number>
 Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal dump.
 
+@item -w[liapr]
+@itemx --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges]
+Displays the contents of the debug sections in the file, if any are
+present.  If one of the optional letters or words follows the switch
+then only data found in those specific sections will be dumped.
+
+@item --histogram
+Display a histogram of bucket list lengths when displaying the contents
+of the symbol tables.
+
 @item -v
 @itemx --version
 Display the version number of readelf.