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1.6       aaron      33: .Dd October 2, 1996
1.1       graichen   34: .Dt ELF2AOUT 1
                     35: .Os
                     36: .Sh NAME
                     37: .Nm elf2aout
1.8     ! jmc        38: .Nd convert ELF executable to a.out format
1.1       graichen   39: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     40: .Nm elf2aout
                     41: .Op Ar elfexec
                     42: .Oo
1.4       aaron      43: .Ar aoutexec
1.1       graichen   44: .Oc
                     45: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.7       aaron      46: .Nm
1.4       aaron      47: reads and converts the file specified as
1.1       graichen   48: .Ar elfexec
                     49: to a.out format, into file
1.4       aaron      50: .Ar aoutexec ,
                     51: suitable for bootstrapping certain
1.1       graichen   52: .Nm MIPS
1.3       d          53: systems.
                     54: The systems currently requiring this
                     55: conversion are:
                     56: .Nm pmax .
1.1       graichen   57: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     58: If the conversion fails a diagnostic message is printed to explain the cause.