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@setfilename binutils.info
-@c Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c man begin INCLUDE
@include config.texi
+@c man end
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@c man begin COPYRIGHT
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
@c "objdump", "nm", "size", "strings", "strip", "readelf" and "ranlib".
@c
@c Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-@c 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c
@c This text may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU
@c Free Documentation License.
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
* Selecting The Target System:: How these utilities determine the target.
* Reporting Bugs:: Reporting Bugs
* GNU Free Documentation License:: GNU Free Documentation License
-* Index:: Index
+* Binutils Index:: Binutils Index
@end menu
@node ar
[@option{-N} @var{symbolname}|@option{--strip-symbol=}@var{symbolname}]
[@option{--strip-unneeded-symbol=}@var{symbolname}]
[@option{-G} @var{symbolname}|@option{--keep-global-symbol=}@var{symbolname}]
+ [@option{--localize-hidden}]
[@option{-L} @var{symbolname}|@option{--localize-symbol=}@var{symbolname}]
[@option{--globalize-symbol=}@var{symbolname}]
[@option{-W} @var{symbolname}|@option{--weaken-symbol=}@var{symbolname}]
[@option{--prefix-sections=}@var{string}]
[@option{--prefix-alloc-sections=}@var{string}]
[@option{--add-gnu-debuglink=}@var{path-to-file}]
+ [@option{--keep-file-symbols}]
[@option{--only-keep-debug}]
[@option{--writable-text}]
[@option{--readonly-text}]
to the file, so that they are not visible externally. This option may
be given more than once.
+@item --localize-hidden
+In an ELF object, mark all symbols that have hidden or internal visibility
+as local. This option applies on top of symbol-specific localization options
+such as @option{-L}.
+
@item -L @var{symbolname}
@itemx --localize-symbol=@var{symbolname}
Make symbol @var{symbolname} local to the file, so that it is not
@var{index}th code instead of the default one. This is useful in case
a machine is assigned an official code and the tool-chain adopts the
new code, but other applications still depend on the original code
-being used.
+being used. For ELF based architectures if the @var{index}
+alternative does not exist then the value is treated as an absolute
+number to be stored in the e_machine field of the ELF header.
@item --writable-text
Mark the output text as writable. This option isn't meaningful for all
Creates a .gnu_debuglink section which contains a reference to @var{path-to-file}
and adds it to the output file.
+@item --keep-file-symbols
+When stripping a file, perhaps with @option{--strip-debug} or
+@option{--strip-unneeded}, retain any symbols specifying source file names,
+which would otherwise get stripped.
+
@item --only-keep-debug
Strip a file, removing contents of any sections that would not be
stripped by @option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections
[@option{-x}|@option{--discard-all}] [@option{-X} |@option{--discard-locals}]
[@option{-R} @var{sectionname} |@option{--remove-section=}@var{sectionname}]
[@option{-o} @var{file}] [@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-dates}]
+ [@option{--keep-file-symbols}]
[@option{--only-keep-debug}]
[@option{-v} |@option{--verbose}] [@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
[@option{--help}] [@option{--info}]
Remove compiler-generated local symbols.
(These usually start with @samp{L} or @samp{.}.)
+@item --keep-file-symbols
+When stripping a file, perhaps with @option{--strip-debug} or
+@option{--strip-unneeded}, retain any symbols specifying source file names,
+which would otherwise get stripped.
+
@item --only-keep-debug
Strip a file, removing any sections that would be stripped by
@option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections.
[@option{-e} @var{filename}|@option{--exe=}@var{filename}]
[@option{-f}|@option{--functions}] [@option{-s}|@option{--basename}]
[@option{-i}|@option{--inlines}]
+ [@option{-j}|@option{--section=}@var{name}]
[@option{-H}|@option{--help}] [@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
[addr addr @dots{}]
@c man end
@c man begin DESCRIPTION addr2line
-@command{addr2line} translates program addresses into file names and line
-numbers. Given an address and an executable, it uses the debugging
-information in the executable to figure out which file name and line
-number are associated with a given address.
+@command{addr2line} translates addresses into file names and line numbers.
+Given an address in an executable or an offset in a section of a relocatable
+object, it uses the debugging information to figure out which file name and
+line number are associated with it.
-The executable to use is specified with the @option{-e} option. The
-default is the file @file{a.out}.
+The executable or relocatable object to use is specified with the @option{-e}
+option. The default is the file @file{a.out}. The section in the relocatable
+object to use is specified with the @option{-j} option.
@command{addr2line} has two modes of operation.
@code{callee1} which inlines @code{callee2}, and address is from
@code{callee2}, the source information for @code{callee1} and @code{main}
will also be printed.
+
+@item -j
+@itemx --section
+Read offsets relative to the specified section instead of absolute addresses.
@end table
@c man end
[@option{--no-default-excludes}]
[@option{-S}|@option{--as} @var{path-to-assembler}] [@option{-f}|@option{--as-flags} @var{options}]
[@option{-D}|@option{--dllname} @var{name}] [@option{-m}|@option{--machine} @var{machine}]
- [@option{-a}|@option{--add-indirect}] [@option{-U}|@option{--add-underscore}] [@option{-k}|@option{--kill-at}]
- [@option{-A}|@option{--add-stdcall-alias}]
+ [@option{-a}|@option{--add-indirect}]
+ [@option{-U}|@option{--add-underscore}] [@option{--add-stdcall-underscore}]
+ [@option{-k}|@option{--kill-at}] [@option{-A}|@option{--add-stdcall-alias}]
[@option{-p}|@option{--ext-prefix-alias} @var{prefix}]
[@option{-x}|@option{--no-idata4}] [@option{-c}|@option{--no-idata5}] [@option{-i}|@option{--interwork}]
[@option{-n}|@option{--nodelete}] [@option{-t}|@option{--temp-prefix} @var{prefix}]
@item -U
@itemx --add-underscore
Specifies that when @command{dlltool} is creating the exports file it
-should prepend an underscore to the names of the exported functions.
+should prepend an underscore to the names of @emph{all} exported symbols.
+
+@item --add-stdcall-underscore
+Specifies that when @command{dlltool} is creating the exports file it
+should prepend an underscore to the names of exported @emph{stdcall}
+functions. Variable names and non-stdcall function names are not modified.
+This option is useful when creating GNU-compatible import libs for third
+party DLLs that were built with MS-Windows tools.
@item -k
@itemx --kill-at
[@option{-V}|@option{--version-info}]
[@option{-A}|@option{--arch-specific}]
[@option{-D}|@option{--use-dynamic}]
- [@option{-x} <number>|@option{--hex-dump=}<number>]
+ [@option{-x} <number or name>|@option{--hex-dump=}<number or name>]
[@option{-w[liaprmfFsoR]}|
@option{--debug-dump}[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]]
[@option{-I}|@option{-histogram}]
symbol table in the file's dynamic section, rather than the one in the
symbols section.
-@item -x <number>
-@itemx --hex-dump=<number>
+@item -x <number or name>
+@itemx --hex-dump=<number or name>
Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal dump.
+A number identifies a particular section by index in the section table;
+any other string identifies all sections with that name in the object file.
@item -w[liaprmfFsoR]
@itemx --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]
The following command-line options are supported by all of the
programs described in this manual.
+@c man begin OPTIONS
@table @env
-@include @value{top_srcdir}/../libiberty/at-file.texi
+@include at-file.texi
+@c man end
@item --help
Display the command-line options supported by the program.
@item --version
Display the version number of the program.
+@c man begin OPTIONS
@end table
+@c man end
@node Selecting The Target System
@chapter Selecting the Target System
@include fdl.texi
-@node Index
-@unnumbered Index
+@node Binutils Index
+@unnumbered Binutils Index
@printindex cp
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