ELF2AOUT(1) BSD General Commands Manual ELF2AOUT(1)NAME
elf2aout -- Convert ELF binary to a.out format
SYNOPSIS
elf2aout [-o outfile] infile
DESCRIPTION
The elf2aout utility is used to convert an ELF formatted binary, namely a kernel, to an a.out formatted one. Most OpenBoot firmware require
an a.out format or FCode boot image and this utility is designed to accommodate. If infile is not in ELF format, an error message will be
presented.
SEE ALSO elf(3), a.out(5)HISTORY
The elf2aout utility first appeared in FreeBSD 4.6.
AUTHORS
The elf2aout utility was written by Jake Burkholder <jake@FreeBSD.org>. This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD December 23, 2008 BSD
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MKESDB(1) BSD General Commands Manual MKESDB(1)NAME
mkesdb -- generates conversion catalog for iconv(3)SYNOPSIS
mkesdb [-md] -o outfile infile
DESCRIPTION
The mkesdb utility generates conversion catalog for the iconv(3) library. The generated data includes a list of supported encodings and
their most important characteristics, like the pluggable module to use
The following options are available:
-d Turns on debug mode.
-m Process directory catalog or alias file. If not specified, the input file is treated as an encoding description.
-o outfile
Put generated binary data to outfile.
EXIT STATUS
The mkesdb utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO iconv(1), mkcsmapper(1), iconv(3)HISTORY
mkesdb first appeared in NetBSD 2.0, and made its appearance in FreeBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD November 1, 2009 BSD
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