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                     28: .Dd November 24, 1996
                     29: .Dt ELF2OLF 1
                     30: .Os OpenBSD 2.0
                     31: .Sh NAME
                     32: .Nm elf2olf ,
                     33: .Nm olf2elf
                     34: .Nd convert between ELF and OLF object module format
                     35: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     36: .Nm elf2olf
                     37: .Op Fl v
                     38: .Op Fl o Ar opsys
                     39: .Ar module ...
                     40: .Nm olf2elf
                     41: .Op Fl v
                     42: .Ar file ...
                     43: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     44: The
                     45: .Nm elf2olf
                     46: utility reads the specified
                     47: .Em ELF
                     48: version 1 module operands and converts them to the default operating system's
                     49: .Em OLF
                     50: object module format.
                     51: The
                     52: .Nm olf2elf
                     53: utility reverses the process.
                     54: The
                     55: .Ar module
                     56: operands are processed in command line order.
1.2     ! etheisen   57: .Pp
1.1       etheisen   58: The options are as follows:
                     59: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     60: .It Fl v
                     61: Operate in verbose mode.
                     62: .It Fl o Ar opsys
                     63: Specifies the operating system
                     64: .Em OLF
                     65: tag
                     66: .Em "opsys"
                     67: as follows:
                     68: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     69: .It Ta Pa "openbsd" Ta "OpenBSD"
                     70: .It Ta Pa "netbsd" Ta "NetBSD"
                     71: .It Ta Pa "freebsd" Ta "FreeBSD"
                     72: .It Ta Pa "44bsd" Ta "4.4BSD"
                     73: .It Ta Pa "linux" Ta "Linux"
                     74: .It Ta Pa "mach" Ta "Mach"
                     75: .It Ta Pa "svr4" Ta "AT&T System V Release 4"
                     76: .It Ta Pa "esix" Ta "esix UNIX"
                     77: .It Ta Pa "solaris" Ta "SunSoft Solaris"
                     78: .It Ta Pa "irix" Ta "SGI IRIX"
                     79: .It Ta Pa "sco " Ta "SCO UNIX"
                     80: .It Ta Pa "dell" Ta "DELL SVR4"
                     81: .El
                     82: .Pp
                     83: The
                     84: .Nm elf2olf
                     85: and
                     86: .Nm olf2elf
                     87: utilities exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
                     88: .Sh BUGS
                     89: The
                     90: .Em ELF
                     91: version 1 object module format lacks any real method to determine the native
                     92: operating system for any given binary thus mandating the existance of these
                     93: tools.
                     94: The converted binaries created by
                     95: .Nm elf2olf
                     96: will no longer execute on their native operating system, only on OLF
                     97: enabled platforms, although
                     98: .Nm olf2elf
                     99: will undo the damage.
                    100: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    101: .Xr elf 5 ,
                    102: .Xr olf 5
                    103: .Sh AUTHOR
                    104: Erik Theisen
                    105: .Sh HISTORY
                    106: The
                    107: .Nm elf2olf
                    108: and
                    109: .Nm olf2elf
                    110: utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.0.