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

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / objcopy.1

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.1 b/binutils/objcopy.1
index aee776014989d937b9a08c5ef1ca0221f5596a20..68b98d3e8986a0648843025df7e3dded63b46983 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objcopy.1
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998 Free Software Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation
 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
 .TH objcopy 1 "October 1994" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
 .de BP
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ objcopy \- copy and translate object files
 .RB "[\|" \-F\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
 .RB "[\|" \-I\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-input\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
 .RB "[\|" \-O\ \fIbfdname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-output\-target=\fIbfdname\fR "\|]" 
+.RB "[\|" \-j\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-only\-section=\fIsectionname\fR "\|]"
 .RB "[\|" \-R\ \fIsectionname\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-remove\-section=\fIsectionname\fR "\|]"
 .RB "[\|" \-S\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-all\fR "\|]" 
 .RB "[\|" \-g\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-strip\-debug\fR "\|]" 
@@ -123,6 +124,12 @@ Use
 as the object format for both the input and the output file; i.e.
 simply transfer data from source to destination with no translation.
 .TP
+.B \-j \fIsectionname\fR, \fB\-\-only\-section=\fIsectionname
+Copy only the named section from the input file to the output file,
+discarding all other sections.  This option may be given more than
+once.  Note that using this option inappropriately may make the output
+file unusable.
+.TP
 .B \-R \fIsectionname\fR, \fB\-\-remove-section=\fIsectionname
 Remove the named section from the file.  This option may be given more
 than once.  Note that using this option inappropriately may make the
@@ -301,7 +308,7 @@ The GNU Binary Utilities\c
 \&, Roland H. Pesch (June 1993).
 
 .SH COPYING
-Copyright (c) 1993, 94, 95, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 1993, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .PP
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice