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  27. .Dd December 23, 2008
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  28. .Dt ELF2AOUT 1
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  29. .Os
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  30. .Sh NAME
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  31. .Nm elf2aout
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  32. .Nd "Convert ELF binary to a.out format"
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  33. .Sh SYNOPSIS
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  34. .Nm
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  35. .Op Fl o Ar outfile
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  36. .Ar infile
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  37. .Sh DESCRIPTION
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  38. The
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  39. .Nm
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  40. utility is used to convert an ELF formatted binary,
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  41. namely a kernel, to an a.out formatted one.
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  42. Most
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  43. .Tn OpenBoot
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  44. firmware require an a.out format or FCode boot image
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  45. and this utility is designed to accommodate.
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  46. If
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  47. .Ar infile
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  48. is not in ELF format, an error message will be presented.
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  49. .Sh SEE ALSO
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  50. .Xr elf 3 ,
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  51. .Xr a.out 5
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  52. .Sh HISTORY
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  53. The
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  54. .Nm
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  55. utility first appeared in
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  56. .Fx 4.6 .
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  57. .Sh AUTHORS
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  58. .An -nosplit
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  59. The
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  60. .Nm
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  61. utility was written by
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  62. .An Jake Burkholder Aq jake@FreeBSD.org .
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  63. This manual page was written by
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  64. .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
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