* strings.c (DATA_FLAGS): Remove SEC_DATA.

	(main): If no file names are given, scan standard input.
	* binutils.texi, strings.1: strings now scans non-data sections by
	default.

diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index ac9a91f47b2bfcb69e109383241cdef383da4c32..c2f04047de415e703b0b415d2679f7cfa1780b00 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ For each @var{file} given, GNU @code{strings} prints the printable
 character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number
 given with the options below) and are followed by a NUL or newline
 character.  By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
-data sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints the
-strings from the whole file.
+and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
+the strings from the whole file.
 
 @code{strings} is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text
 files.
@@ -1290,8 +1290,8 @@ files.
 @item -a
 @itemx --all
 @itemx -
-Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan
-the whole files.
+Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
+scan the whole files.
 
 @item -f
 @itemx --print-file-name

diff --git a/binutils/strings.1 b/binutils/strings.1
index 1426605c827266d784768b51f382f79e817f4b75..616a83e658f5d46bde98795430757ae3ef3f8507 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/strings.1
+++ b/binutils/strings.1
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ given, GNU \c
 prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
 followed by a NUL or newline character.  By default, it only prints
-the strings from the initialized data sections of object files; for
-other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
+the strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
+for other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
 
 .PP
 .B strings
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ equivalent.
 .B \-\-all
 .TP
 .B \-
-Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan
-the whole files.
+Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
+scan the whole files.
 
 .TP
 .B \-f