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RE: What is `bfdname` referred by objcopy manpage?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'PRC'" <panruochen at gmail dot com>, "'binutils'" <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:22:09 +0100
- Subject: RE: What is `bfdname` referred by objcopy manpage?
- References: <200709031755179057219@gmail.com>
On 03 September 2007 10:55, PRC wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The manpage of objcopy says:
>
> -O bfdname
> --output-target=bfdname
> Write the output file using the object format bfdname.
>
> I have no idea what is bfdname.
> Even if I often use `mips-elf-objcopy -O binary a.exe a.bin`, I don't know
> what is the exact meaning of -O binary and how many other objects with
> other bfdnames.
Take a look at the last few lines of output from "objcopy --help"!
cheers,
DaveK
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