Add option to ar's 't' command to display the offset of elements within the archive.

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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index e4d32b66aaa8246eacdf6926fe83cfb67edbc097..863ef31e364d79537c20512a2440b686ff29a810 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -361,9 +361,10 @@ modifier.  In either case it does the same thing.
 @cindex contents of archive
 Display a @emph{table} listing the contents of @var{archive}, or those
 of the files listed in @var{member}@dots{} that are present in the
-archive.  Normally only the member name is shown; if you also want to
-see the modes (permissions), timestamp, owner, group, and size, you can
-request that by also specifying the @samp{v} modifier.
+archive.  Normally only the member name is shown, but if the modifier
+@samp{O} is specified, then the corresponding offset of the member is also
+displayed.  Finally, in order to see the modes (permissions), timestamp,
+owner, group, and size the @samp{v} modifier should be included.
 
 If you do not specify a @var{member}, all files in the archive
 are listed.
@@ -456,6 +457,11 @@ Preserve the @emph{original} dates of members when extracting them.  If
 you do not specify this modifier, files extracted from the archive
 are stamped with the time of extraction.
 
+@item O
+@cindex offsets of files
+Display member offsets inside the archive. Use together with the @samp{t}
+option.
+
 @item P
 Use the full path name when matching names in the archive.  @sc{gnu}
 @command{ar} can not create an archive with a full path name (such archives