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.TH "LLVM-OBJCOPY" "1" "2019-09-13" "9" "LLVM"
.SH NAME
llvm-objcopy \- object copying and editing tool
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBllvm\-objcopy\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIinput\fP [\fIoutput\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBllvm\-objcopy\fP is a tool to copy and manipulate objects. In basic
usage, it makes a semantic copy of the input to the output. If any options are
specified, the output may be modified along the way, e.g. by removing sections.
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If no output file is specified, the input file is modified in\-place. If “\-” is
specified for the input file, the input is read from the program’s standard
input stream. If “\-” is specified for the output file, the output is written to
the standard output stream of the program.
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If the input is an archive, any requested operations will be applied to each
archive member individually.
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The tool is still in active development, but in most scenarios it works as a
drop\-in replacement for GNU’s \fBobjcopy\fP\&.
.SH GENERIC AND CROSS-PLATFORM OPTIONS
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The following options are either agnostic of the file format, or apply to
multiple file formats.
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.TP
.B \-\-add\-gnu\-debuglink <debug\-file>
Add a .gnu_debuglink section for \fB<debug\-file>\fP to the output.
.UNINDENT
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.TP
.B \-\-disable\-deterministic\-archives, \-U
Use real values for UIDs, GIDs and timestamps when updating archive member
headers.
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.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-discard\-all, \-x
Remove most local symbols from the output. Different file formats may limit
this to a subset of the local symbols. For example, file and section symbols in
ELF objects will not be discarded.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-enable\-deterministic\-archives, \-D
Enable deterministic mode when copying archives, i.e. use 0 for archive member
header UIDs, GIDs and timestamp fields. On by default.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-help, \-h
Print a summary of command line options.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-only\-section <section>, \-j
Remove all sections from the output, except for sections named \fB<section>\fP\&.
Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple sections.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-regex
If specified, symbol and section names specified by other switches are treated
as extended POSIX regular expression patterns.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-remove\-section <section>, \-R
Remove the specified section from the output. Can be specified multiple times
to remove multiple sections simultaneously.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-strip\-all\-gnu
Remove all symbols, debug sections and relocations from the output. This option
is equivalent to GNU \fBobjcopy\fP’s \fB\-\-strip\-all\fP switch.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-strip\-all, \-S
For ELF objects, remove from the output all symbols and non\-alloc sections not
within segments, except for .gnu.warning sections and the section name table.
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For COFF objects, remove all symbols, debug sections, and relocations from the
output.
.UNINDENT
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.B \-\-strip\-debug, \-g
Remove all debug sections from the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-strip\-symbol <symbol>, \-N
Remove all symbols named \fB<symbol>\fP from the output. Can be specified
multiple times to remove multiple symbols.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-strip\-symbols <filename>
Remove all symbols whose names appear in the file \fB<filename>\fP, from the
output. In the file, each line represents a single symbol name, with leading
and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a ‘#’. Can be
specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-strip\-unneeded\-symbol <symbol>
Remove from the output all symbols named \fB<symbol>\fP that are local or
undefined and are not required by any relocation.
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.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-strip\-unneeded\-symbols <filename>
Remove all symbols whose names appear in the file \fB<filename>\fP, from the
output, if they are local or undefined and are not required by any relocation.
In the file, each line represents a single symbol name, with leading and
trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a ‘#’. Can be specified
multiple times to read names from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
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.B \-\-strip\-unneeded
Remove from the output all local or undefined symbols that are not required by
relocations.
.UNINDENT
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.B \-\-version, \-V
Display the version of this program.
.UNINDENT
.SH COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
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The following options are implemented only for COFF objects. If used with other
objects, \fBllvm\-objcopy\fP will either emit an error or silently ignore
them.
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.B \-\-only\-keep\-debug
Remove the contents of non\-debug sections from the output, but keep the section
headers.
.UNINDENT
.SH ELF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
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The following options are implemented only for ELF objects. If used with other
objects, \fBllvm\-objcopy\fP will either emit an error or silently ignore
them.
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.B \-\-add\-section <section=file>
Add a section named \fB<section>\fP with the contents of \fB<file>\fP to the
output. The section will be of type \fISHT_NOTE\fP, if the name starts with
“.note”. Otherwise, it will have type \fISHT_PROGBITS\fP\&. Can be specified multiple
times to add multiple sections.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-add\-symbol <name>=[<section>:]<value>[,<flags>]
Add a new symbol called \fB<name>\fP to the output symbol table, in the section
named \fB<section>\fP, with value \fB<value>\fP\&. If \fB<section>\fP is not specified,
the symbol is added as an absolute symbol. The \fB<flags>\fP affect the symbol
properties. Accepted values are:
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\fIglobal\fP = the symbol will have global binding.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIlocal\fP = the symbol will have local binding.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIweak\fP = the symbol will have weak binding.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIdefault\fP = the symbol will have default visibility.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIhidden\fP = the symbol will have hidden visibility.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIfile\fP = the symbol will be an \fISTT_FILE\fP symbol.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIsection\fP = the symbol will be an \fISTT_SECTION\fP symbol.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIobject\fP = the symbol will be an \fISTT_OBJECT\fP symbol.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIfunction\fP = the symbol will be an \fISTT_FUNC\fP symbol.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIindirect\-function\fP = the symbol will be an \fISTT_GNU_IFUNC\fP symbol.
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Additionally, the following flags are accepted but ignored: \fIdebug\fP,
\fIconstructor\fP, \fIwarning\fP, \fIindirect\fP, \fIsynthetic\fP, \fIunique\-object\fP, \fIbefore\fP\&.
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Can be specified multiple times to add multiple symbols.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-allow\-broken\-links
Allow llvm\-objcopy to remove sections even if it would leave invalid section
references. Any invalid sh_link fields will be set to zero.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-binary\-architecture <arch>, \-B
Specify the architecture to use, when transforming an architecture\-less format
(e.g. binary) to another format. Valid options are:
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.IP \(bu 2
\fIaarch64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIarm\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIi386\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIi386:x86\-64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fImips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIpowerpc:common64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIriscv:rv32\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIriscv:rv64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIsparc\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIsparcel\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIx86\-64\fP
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-build\-id\-link\-dir <dir>
Set the directory used by \fI\%\-\-build\-id\-link\-input\fP and
\fI\%\-\-build\-id\-link\-output\fP\&.
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.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-build\-id\-link\-input <suffix>
Hard\-link the input to \fB<dir>/xx/xxx<suffix>\fP, where \fB<dir>\fP is the directory
specified by \fI\%\-\-build\-id\-link\-dir\fP\&. The path used is derived from the
hex build ID.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-build\-id\-link\-output <suffix>
Hard\-link the output to \fB<dir>/xx/xxx<suffix>\fP, where \fB<dir>\fP is the directory
specified by \fI\%\-\-build\-id\-link\-dir\fP\&. The path used is derived from the
hex build ID.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-change\-start <incr>, \-\-adjust\-start
Add \fB<incr>\fP to the program’s start address. Can be specified multiple
times, in which case the values will be applied cumulatively.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-compress\-debug\-sections [<style>]
Compress DWARF debug sections in the output, using the specified style.
Supported styles are \fIzlib\-gnu\fP and \fIzlib\fP\&. Defaults to \fIzlib\fP if no style is
specified.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-decompress\-debug\-sections
Decompress any compressed DWARF debug sections in the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-discard\-locals, \-X
Remove local symbols starting with “.L” from the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-dump\-section <section>=<file>
Dump the contents of section \fB<section>\fP into the file \fB<file>\fP\&. Can be
specified multiple times to dump multiple sections to different files.
\fB<file>\fP is unrelated to the input and output files provided to
\fBllvm\-objcopy\fP and as such the normal copying and editing
operations will still be performed. No operations are performed on the sections
prior to dumping them.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-extract\-dwo
Remove all sections that are not DWARF .dwo sections from the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-extract\-main\-partition
Extract the main partition from the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-extract\-partition <name>
Extract the named partition from the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-globalize\-symbol <symbol>
Mark any defined symbols named \fB<symbol>\fP as global symbols in the output.
Can be specified multiple times to mark multiple symbols.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-globalize\-symbols <filename>
Read a list of names from the file \fB<filename>\fP and mark defined symbols with
those names as global in the output. In the file, each line represents a single
symbol, with leading and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following
a ‘#’. Can be specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-input\-target <format>, \-I
Read the input as the specified format. See \fI\%SUPPORTED FORMATS\fP for a list of
valid \fB<format>\fP values. If unspecified, \fBllvm\-objcopy\fP will attempt
to determine the format automatically.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-keep\-file\-symbols
Keep symbols of type \fISTT_FILE\fP, even if they would otherwise be stripped.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-keep\-global\-symbol <symbol>
Make all symbols local in the output, except for symbols with the name
\fB<symbol>\fP\&. Can be specified multiple times to ignore multiple symbols.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-keep\-global\-symbols <filename>
Make all symbols local in the output, except for symbols named in the file
\fB<filename>\fP\&. In the file, each line represents a single symbol, with leading
and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a ‘#’. Can be
specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-keep\-section <section>
When removing sections from the output, do not remove sections named
\fB<section>\fP\&. Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple sections.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-keep\-symbol <symbol>, \-K
When removing symbols from the output, do not remove symbols named
\fB<symbol>\fP\&. Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple symbols.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-keep\-symbols <filename>
When removing symbols from the output do not remove symbols named in the file
\fB<filename>\fP\&. In the file, each line represents a single symbol, with leading
and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a ‘#’. Can be
specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-localize\-hidden
Make all symbols with hidden or internal visibility local in the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-localize\-symbol <symbol>, \-L
Mark any defined non\-common symbol named \fB<symbol>\fP as a local symbol in the
output. Can be specified multiple times to mark multiple symbols as local.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-localize\-symbols <filename>
Read a list of names from the file \fB<filename>\fP and mark defined non\-common
symbols with those names as local in the output. In the file, each line
represents a single symbol, with leading and trailing whitespace ignored, as is
anything following a ‘#’. Can be specified multiple times to read names from
multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-output\-target <format>, \-O
Write the output as the specified format. See \fI\%SUPPORTED FORMATS\fP for a list
of valid \fB<format>\fP values. If unspecified, the output format is assumed to
be the same as the input file’s format.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-prefix\-alloc\-sections <prefix>
Add \fB<prefix>\fP to the front of the names of all allocatable sections in the
output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-prefix\-symbols <prefix>
Add \fB<prefix>\fP to the front of every symbol name in the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-preserve\-dates, \-p
Preserve access and modification timestamps in the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
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.B \-\-redefine\-sym <old>=<new>
Rename symbols called \fB<old>\fP to \fB<new>\fP in the output. Can be specified
multiple times to rename multiple symbols.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-redefine\-syms <filename>
Rename symbols in the output as described in the file \fB<filename>\fP\&. In the
file, each line represents a single symbol to rename, with the old name and new
name separated by an equals sign. Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored,
as is anything following a ‘#’. Can be specified multiple times to read names
from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-rename\-section <old>=<new>[,<flag>,...]
Rename sections called \fB<old>\fP to \fB<new>\fP in the output, and apply any
specified \fB<flag>\fP values. See \fI\%\-\-set\-section\-flags\fP for a list of
supported flags. Can be specified multiple times to rename multiple sections.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-set\-section\-flags <section>=<flag>[,<flag>,...]
Set section properties in the output of section \fB<section>\fP based on the
specified \fB<flag>\fP values. Can be specified multiple times to update multiple
sections.
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Following is a list of supported flags and their effects:
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.IP \(bu 2
\fIalloc\fP = add the \fISHF_ALLOC\fP flag.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIload\fP = if the section has \fISHT_NOBITS\fP type, mark it as a \fISHT_PROGBITS\fP
section.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIreadonly\fP = if this flag is not specified, add the \fISHF_WRITE\fP flag.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIcode\fP = add the \fISHF_EXECINSTR\fP flag.
.IP \(bu 2
\fImerge\fP = add the \fISHF_MERGE\fP flag.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIstrings\fP = add the \fISHF_STRINGS\fP flag.
.IP \(bu 2
\fIcontents\fP = if the section has \fISHT_NOBITS\fP type, mark it as a \fISHT_PROGBITS\fP
section.
.UNINDENT
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The following flags are also accepted, but are ignored for GNU compatibility:
\fInoload\fP, \fIdebug\fP, \fIdata\fP, \fIrom\fP, \fIshare\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-set\-start\-addr <addr>
Set the start address of the output to \fB<addr>\fP\&. Overrides any previously
specified \fI\%\-\-change\-start\fP or \fI\%\-\-adjust\-start\fP options.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-split\-dwo <dwo\-file>
Equivalent to running \fBllvm\-objcopy\fP with \fI\%\-\-extract\-dwo\fP and
\fB<dwo\-file>\fP as the output file and no other options, and then with
\fI\%\-\-strip\-dwo\fP on the input file.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-strip\-dwo
Remove all DWARF .dwo sections from the output.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-strip\-non\-alloc
Remove from the output all non\-allocatable sections that are not within
segments.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-strip\-sections
Remove from the output all section headers and all section data not within
segments. Note that many tools will not be able to use an object without
section headers.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-target <format>, \-F
Equivalent to \fI\%\-\-input\-target\fP and \fI\%\-\-output\-target\fP for the
specified format. See \fI\%SUPPORTED FORMATS\fP for a list of valid \fB<format>\fP
values.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-weaken\-symbol <symbol>, \-W
Mark any global symbol named \fB<symbol>\fP as a weak symbol in the output. Can
be specified multiple times to mark multiple symbols as weak.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-weaken\-symbols <filename>
Read a list of names from the file \fB<filename>\fP and mark global symbols with
those names as weak in the output. In the file, each line represents a single
symbol, with leading and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following
a ‘#’. Can be specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-weaken
Mark all defined global symbols as weak in the output.
.UNINDENT
.SH SUPPORTED FORMATS
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The following values are currently supported by \fBllvm\-objcopy\fP for the
\fI\%\-\-input\-target\fP, \fI\%\-\-output\-target\fP, and \fI\%\-\-target\fP
options. For GNU \fBobjcopy\fP compatibility, the values are all bfdnames.
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
\fIbinary\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIihex\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-i386\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-x86\-64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-x86\-64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-iamcu\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-littlearm\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-aarch64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-littleaarch64\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-littleriscv\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-littleriscv\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-powerpc\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-powerpcle\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-powerpc\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-powerpcle\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-bigmips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-ntradbigmips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-ntradlittlemips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-tradbigmips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-tradlittlemips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-tradbigmips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf64\-tradlittlemips\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-sparc\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fIelf32\-sparcel\fP
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.sp
Additionally, all targets except \fIbinary\fP and \fIihex\fP can have \fI\-freebsd\fP as a
suffix.
.SH BINARY INPUT AND OUTPUT
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If \fIbinary\fP is used as the value for \fI\%\-\-input\-target\fP, the input file
will be embedded as a data section in an ELF relocatable object, with symbols
\fB_binary_<file_name>_start\fP, \fB_binary_<file_name>_end\fP, and
\fB_binary_<file_name>_size\fP representing the start, end and size of the data,
where \fB<file_name>\fP is the path of the input file as specified on the command
line with non\-alphanumeric characters converted to \fB_\fP\&.
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If \fIbinary\fP is used as the value for \fI\%\-\-output\-target\fP, the output file
will be a raw binary file, containing the memory image of the input file.
Symbols and relocation information will be discarded. The image will start at
the address of the first loadable section in the output.
.SH EXIT STATUS
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\fBllvm\-objcopy\fP exits with a non\-zero exit code if there is an error.
Otherwise, it exits with code 0.
.SH BUGS
.sp
To report bugs, please visit <\fI\%http://llvm.org/bugs/\fP>.
.sp
There is a known issue with \fI\%\-\-input\-target\fP and \fI\%\-\-target\fP
causing only \fBbinary\fP and \fBihex\fP formats to have any effect. Other values
will be ignored and \fBllvm\-objcopy\fP will attempt to guess the input
format.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBllvm\-strip(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).
.SH COPYRIGHT
2003-2019, LLVM Project
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