Refer to "options" not "switches"

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index d3a026520a52abbf826a607979f06e27f0b66b64..63088097ab40acba6f17c8f170ec9d52456ce388 100644 (file)
--- 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 fdf6e2d3832374cb211b6a44e8e524b4772f2e95..82280bd8c9f63533b25d42f697d3b4e071197509 100644 (file)
--- 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 ddd01978389ceccc06ea6b0b7f77b75ebbaf36c8..a56b7ecbc1af322f7d391d33628570e56938c041 100644 (file)
--- 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\