Based on patch from H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com>:

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

diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index b431a95a3dd4b5d86e788ac025baba9dc28696ff..a079d921005c58e42b9bbf69cb0333e45f5ae182 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ]
         [ -x | --discard-all ]  [ -X | --discard-locals ]
         [ -b @var{byte} | --byte=@var{byte} ]
         [ -i @var{interleave} | --interleave=@var{interleave} ]
+        [ -j @var{sectionname} | --only-section=@var{sectionname} ]
         [ -R @var{sectionname} | --remove-section=@var{sectionname} ]
         [ -p | --preserve-dates ] [ --debugging ]
         [ --gap-fill=@var{val} ] [ --pad-to=@var{address} ]
@@ -905,6 +906,12 @@ Use @var{bfdname} as the object format for both the input and the output
 file; i.e., simply transfer data from source to destination with no
 translation.  @xref{Target Selection}, for more information.
 
+@item -j @var{sectionname}
+@itemx --only-section=@var{sectionname}
+Copy only the named section from the input file to the output file.
+This option may be given more than once.  Note that using this option
+inappropriately may make the output file unusable.
+
 @item -R @var{sectionname}
 @itemx --remove-section=@var{sectionname}
 Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file.  This