Based on patches from H J Lu <hjl@zoom.com>:

* objcopy.c (remove_leading_char): New static variable.
	(OPTION_REMOVE_LEADING_CHAR): Define.
	(copy_usage): Mention --remove-leading-char.
	(filter_symbols): If remove_leading_char, and the first character
	of a global symbol matches the symbol leading char of the BFD,
	remove the first character.
	(copy_object): Filter the symbols if remove_leading_char is set.
	(copy_main): Handle --remove-leading-char.
	* binutils.texi, objcopy.1: Document --remove-leading-char.

binutils/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Mon Jan 29 17:36:29 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	Based on patches from H J Lu <hjl@zoom.com>:
+	* objcopy.c (remove_leading_char): New static variable.
+	(OPTION_REMOVE_LEADING_CHAR): Define.
+	(copy_usage): Mention --remove-leading-char.
+	(filter_symbols): If remove_leading_char, and the first character
+	of a global symbol matches the symbol leading char of the BFD,
+	remove the first character.
+	(copy_object): Filter the symbols if remove_leading_char is set.
+	(copy_main): Handle --remove-leading-char.
+	* binutils.texi, objcopy.1: Document --remove-leading-char.
+
+Sat Jan 27 15:40:13 1996  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
+
+	* objdump.c (fprintf): Add prototype to avoid compiler warning on
+	SunOS.
+
 Fri Jan 26 11:53:42 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
 	* binutils.texi (nm): Improve documentation on symbol types.

binutils/binutils.texi

@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ objcopy [ -F @var{bfdname} | --target=@var{bfdname} ]
         [ --adjust-warnings ] [ --no-adjust-warnings ]
         [ --set-section-flags=@var{section}=@var{flags} ]
         [ --add-section=@var{sectionname}=@var{filename} ]
+        [ --remove-leading-char ]
         [ -v | --verbose ] [ -V | --version ]  [ --help ]
         @var{infile} [@var{outfile}]
 @end smallexample
@@ -976,6 +977,14 @@ contents of the new section are taken from the file @var{filename}.  The
 size of the section will be the size of the file.  This option only
 works on file formats which can support sections with arbitrary names.
 
+@item --remove-leading-char
+If the first character of a global symbol is a special symbol leading
+character used by the object file format, remove the character.  The
+most common symbol leading character is underscore.  This option will
+remove a leading underscore from all global symbols.  This can be useful
+if you want to link together objects of different file formats with
+different conventions for symbol names.
+
 @item -V
 @itemx --version
 Show the version number of @code{objcopy}.

binutils/objcopy.1

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ objcopy \- copy and translate object files
 .RB "[\|" \-\-no\-adjust\-warnings\fR "\|]"
 .RB "[\|" \-\-set\-section\-flags=\fIsection=flags\fR "\|]"
 .RB "[\|" \-\-add\-section=\fIsectionname=filename\fR "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-remove\-leading\-char\fR "\|]"
 .RB "[\|" \-v\ |\ \-\-verbose\fR "\|]" 
 .RB "[\|" \-V\ |\ \-\-version\fR "\|]" 
 .RB "[\|" \-\-help\fR "\|]" 
@@ -218,6 +219,14 @@ The size of the section will be the size of the file.  This option
 only works on file formats which can support sections with arbitrary
 names.
 .TP
+.B \-\-remove\-leading\-char
+If the first character of a global symbol is a special symbol leading
+character used by the object file format, remove the character.  The
+most common symbol leading character is underscore.  This option will
+remove a leading underscore from all global symbols.  This can be useful
+if you want to link together objects of different file formats with
+different conventions for symbol names.
+.TP
 .B \-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose
 Verbose output: list all object files modified.  In the case of
 archives, "\fBobjcopy \-V\fR" lists all members of the archive.