PR binutils/12325

	* doc/binutils.texi (ar cmdline): Document --target, --version and
	--help command line options.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index b34cd88..d358a16 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-07-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR binutils/12325
+       * doc/binutils.texi (ar cmdline): Document --target, --version and
+       --help command line options.
+

 2011-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        PR binutils/12558
 2011-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        PR binutils/12558

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 64333cf..fb1f960 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
 @c man title ar create, modify, and extract from archives
 
 @smallexample
 @c man title ar create, modify, and extract from archives
 
 @smallexample

-ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [-]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]
+ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [-]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] [@option{--target} @var{bfdname}] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}] 

 ar -M [ <mri-script ]
 @end smallexample
 
 ar -M [ <mri-script ]
 @end smallexample
 


@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ program.
 
 @smallexample
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS ar
 
 @smallexample
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS ar

-ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [@option{-X32_64}] [@option{-}]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]
+ar [@option{--plugin} @var{name}] [@option{-X32_64}] [@option{-}]@var{p}[@var{mod} [@var{relpos}] [@var{count}]] [@option{--target} @var{bfdname}] @var{archive} [@var{member}@dots{}]

 @c man end
 @end smallexample
 
 @c man end
 @end smallexample
 


@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@ are extracted.
 
 Files cannot be extracted from a thin archive.
 
 
 Files cannot be extracted from a thin archive.
 

+@item --help
+Displays the list of command line options supported by @command{ar}
+and then exits.
+
+@item --version
+Displays the version information of @command{ar} and then exits.
+

 @end table
 
 A number of modifiers (@var{mod}) may immediately follow the @var{p}
 @end table
 
 A number of modifiers (@var{mod}) may immediately follow the @var{p}


@@ -506,6 +513,11 @@ The optional command line switch @option{--plugin} @var{name} causes
 for more file formats.  This option is only available if the toolchain
 has been built with plugin support enabled.
 
 for more file formats.  This option is only available if the toolchain
 has been built with plugin support enabled.
 

+The optional command line switch @option{--target} @var{bfdname}
+specifies that the archive members are in an object code format
+different from your system's default format.  See
+@xref{Target Selection}, for more information.
+

 @c man end
 
 @ignore
 @c man end
 
 @ignore