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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2002-01-15 17:18:53 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2002-01-15 17:18:53 +0000
commitb7635161a8a478058119f5caf4eaf6c00d5dc27a (patch)
tree47eee9ed4a7676912b6fbb3d95b3efdf9e14f316 /binutils
parentc6fc8effd3c5cc94ace877ea1f66b2dcd48b3137 (diff)
downloadbinutils-redhat-b7635161a8a478058119f5caf4eaf6c00d5dc27a.tar.gz
Refer to "options" not "switches"
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi8
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c8
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index d3a026520a..63088097ab 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-01-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+ * objcopy.c (copy_usage): Use "switches" instead of "options".
+ (strip_usage): Use "switches" instead of "options".
+ * doc/binutils.texi (dlltool): Refer to "switches" instead of
+ "options".
+
2002-01-14 Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
* MAINTAINERS: Add self as co-maintainer for the ARM code.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index fdf6e2d383..82280bd8c9 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2732,14 +2732,14 @@ when @option{--export-all-symbols} is used.
Specifies the path, including the filename, of the assembler to be used
to create the exports file.
-@item -f @var{switches}
-@itemx --as-flags @var{switches}
-Specifies any specific command line switches to be passed to the
+@item -f @var{options}
+@itemx --as-flags @var{options}
+Specifies any specific command line options to be passed to the
assembler when building the exports file. This option will work even if
the @option{-S} option is not used. This option only takes one argument,
and if it occurs more than once on the command line, then later
occurrences will override earlier occurrences. So if it is necessary to
-pass multiple switches to the assembler they should be enclosed in
+pass multiple options to the assembler they should be enclosed in
double quotes.
@item -D @var{name}
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index ddd0197838..a56b7ecbc1 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ copy_usage (stream, exit_status)
FILE *stream;
int exit_status;
{
- fprintf (stream, _("Usage: %s <switches> in-file [out-file]\n"), program_name);
- fprintf (stream, _(" The switches are:\n"));
+ fprintf (stream, _("Usage: %s <options> in-file [out-file]\n"), program_name);
+ fprintf (stream, _(" The options are:\n"));
fprintf (stream, _("\
-I --input-target <bfdname> Assume input file is in format <bfdname>\n\
-O --output-target <bfdname> Create an output file in format <bfdname>\n\
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ strip_usage (stream, exit_status)
FILE *stream;
int exit_status;
{
- fprintf (stream, _("Usage: %s <switches> in-file(s)\n"), program_name);
- fprintf (stream, _(" The switches are:\n"));
+ fprintf (stream, _("Usage: %s <options> in-file(s)\n"), program_name);
+ fprintf (stream, _(" The options are:\n"));
fprintf (stream, _("\
-I --input-target <bfdname> Assume input file is in format <bfdname>\n\
-O --output-target <bfdname> Create an output file in format <bfdname>\n\